# N901SF: Bell OH-58A, registration cancelled 2000-04-04

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 4, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Bell OH-58A](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-oh-58a) (registry code 1181579)
- Serial number: 72-21363
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: January 15, 1997
- Last registry action: January 18, 2000
- Mode S code: AC7479
- Owner when cancelled: [San Francisco Police Department](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SAN%20FRANCISCO%20POLICE%20DEPARTMENT)
- Location: [San Francisco, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/San%20Francisco)
- Owner type: Government
- Owner's area on the map: 37.7730° N, 122.4113° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 94103, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N901SF
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=901SF
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N901SF-2000-04-04

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 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 LAX00GA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00GA073), Jan 12, 2000: Arrow OH-58A (N901SF), Crows Landing, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain altitude and clearance from terrain during a turn to reverse direction after encountering instrument meteorological conditions. A factor in the accident was the…

## 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 20000111000479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000111000479A), Jan 11, 2000: Bell OH58A (N901SF), Crows Landing, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (.19) On January 11, 2000, at 2100 hours pacific standard time, an arrow falcon exporters, inc. OH-58A, N901SF, was destroyed when it impacted terrain in an…

## Other aircraft with N901SF

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N901SF): Raytheon B200, S/N BB-1859, built 2004

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