# N896RP: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: September 24, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=896RP
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N896RP

## Aircraft that carried N896RP

- [Cancelled 2013-09-24](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N896RP-2013-09-24): Garlick Helicopters HH-1K, S/N 157198, built 1970. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Rick Patterson Inc DBA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/RICK%20PATTERSON%20INC%20DBA), [Yuba City, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Yuba%20City)

## NTSB investigations on N896RP (1)

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 LAX00LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA245), Jun 29, 2000: Garlick HH-1K (N896RP), Live Oak, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The inadequate lubrication of the tail rotor drive shaft coupling by unknown maintenance personnel that resulted in the in-flight failure and separation of the helicopter's tail boom.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N896RP (1)

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 20000629008559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000629008559A), Jun 29, 2000: N896RP, Live Oak, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) While spraying an orchard under FAR 137. The helicopter experienced an in-flight breakup, the pilot was killed on impact, cause of accident has not been…

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