# N896RP: 1970 Garlick Helicopters HH-1K, registration cancelled 2013-09-24

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 24, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Garlick Helicopters HH-1K](https://openairdocs.org/model/garlick-helicopters-hh-1k) (registry code 3740007)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H5NM](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H5NM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 157198
- Year built: 1970
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Airworthiness: Restricted, agriculture and pest control, forest, aerial surveying, patrolling, other
- Airworthiness date: September 25, 1996
- Certificate issued: September 5, 1996
- Last registry action: December 2, 2005
- Mode S code: AC5D23
- Owners when cancelled: [Rick Patterson Inc DBA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/RICK%20PATTERSON%20INC%20DBA), [Rpi Helicopters](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/RPI%20HELICOPTERS)
- Location: [Yuba City, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Yuba%20City)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.0825° N, 121.6801° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 95993, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N896RP
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=896RP
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N896RP-2013-09-24

From the FAA registry file of November 4, 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 Garlick Helicopters HH-1K: https://openairdocs.org/model/garlick-helicopters-hh-1k.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 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 (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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