# N51853: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 2
- Last cancelled: February 28, 2018
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=51853
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51853

## Aircraft that carried N51853

- [Cancelled 2018-02-28](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51853-2018-02-28): Texas Helicopter OH-13H/M74A, S/N 78-021, built 1978. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Oleen Gary E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/OLEEN%20GARY%20E), [Saint Cloud, MN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MN/Saint%20Cloud)
- [Cancelled 1954-06-10](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51853-1954-06-10): Fairchild M-62A, S/N 5623AE. Owner: [Montoux Gene Francis](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MONTOUX%20GENE%20FRANCIS), [Levittown, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/Levittown)

## NTSB investigations on N51853 (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN14LA418](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA418), May 28, 2014: Texas Helicopter OH 13H/M74A (N51853), Little Falls, MN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a tree at the edge of a field that he was spraying.
- [NTSB LAX81DUK10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUK10), Sep 25, 1981: Texas Hel OH-13H (N51853), Yuma, AZ, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports on N51853 (2)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20140528007559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140528007559A), May 28, 2014: Texas Helicopter Corp OH-13H/M74A (N51853), Fort Ripley, MN, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. While conducting aerial application on a field the aircraft tail rotor made contact with a tree, traveled approximately 70 yards and crashed into the roof of a…
- [Accident 19810925064169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810925064169A), Sep 25, 1981: Bell OH13HTEXHELI (N51853), Yuma, AZ, Substantial damage. Struck telephone wires on pullup from a spray run. Wires tangled in main rotors.

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