# N911SL: Bell OH-58A

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Bell OH-58A](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-oh-58a) (registry code 1181579, 4 seats)
- Serial number: 72-21369
- Type: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-shaft
- Certificate issued: August 15, 2011
- Expires: August 31, 2027
- Mode S code: AC9BFD
- Registered owner: [St Lucie County Sheriffs Dept](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ST%20LUCIE%20COUNTY%20SHERIFFS%20DEPT)
- Location: [Fort Pierce, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Fort%20Pierce)
- Owner type: Government
- Owner's area on the map: 27.3933° N, 80.3721° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 34981, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=911SL
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N911SL

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Bell OH-58A)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N911SL.

## NTSB investigations on N911SL not matched to an aircraft (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 MIA02TA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02TA109), Jun 12, 2002: Agusta A119 (N911SL), Okeechobee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the fracture of one of the tail rotor blades as a result of fatigue cracking in the blade spar, and subsquent impact of the main rotor with the tailboom.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N911SL.

## Reports on N911SL not matched to an aircraft (2)

They name N911SL, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [Incident 20050803020179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050803020179I), Aug 3, 2005: Agusta A119 (N911SL), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On August 3, 2005, at approximately 2230 the pilot [privacy data omitted] was pilot in command of N911SL, an augusta A119 operated by the st. Lucie…
- [Accident 20020612020219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020612020219A), Jun 12, 2002: Agusta A119 (N911SL), Okeechobee, FL, No damage. (-23) After departing from a hospital pad, at approximately 200 feet the pilot heard a loud bang from the rear of the aircraft. The aircraft then started to…

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N911SL

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N911SL before.

- [Cancelled 2011-09-12](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N911SL-2011-09-12): Bell OH-58A, S/N 71-20390. Owner: [St Lucie Cnty Sheriffs Office](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ST%20LUCIE%20CNTY%20SHERIFFS%20OFFICE), [Fort Pierce, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Fort%20Pierce)

## Related

- Other Bell OH-58A aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-oh-58a/aircraft.md

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