# N77MP: Bell OH-58A, registration cancelled 2000-05-01

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 1, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Bell OH-58A](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-oh-58a) (registry code 1181579)
- Serial number: 72-21187
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: September 5, 1996
- Last registry action: May 7, 1998
- Mode S code: AA67CF
- Owner when cancelled: [Missouri State Highway Patrol](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MISSOURI%20STATE%20HIGHWAY%20PATROL)
- Location: [Jefferson City, MO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MO/Jefferson%20City)
- Owner type: Government
- Owner's area on the map: 38.4974° N, 92.1333° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 65101, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77MP
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=77MP
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77MP-2000-05-01

From the FAA registry file of October 27, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Bell OH-58A: https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-oh-58a.md

## NTSB investigations (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 CHI99GA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99GA155), May 17, 1999: Bell OH-58A (N77MP), Poplar Bluff, MO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The tail rotor's impact with the blue warm-up jacket and the subsequent overload of the tail rotor drive shaft. A contributing factor was the absence of the helicopter's entry doors.

## FAA accident and incident reports (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 19990517005339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990517005339A), May 17, 1999: Bell OH58A (N77MP), Poplar Bluff, MO, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Missouri state highway patrol Bell OH-58A public use helicopter was reportedly being used for a charity function when it crashed under unknown circumstances,…

## Other aircraft with N77MP

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77MP): Streitz Mark PITTS 12, S/N MSS-3, built 2005

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