# N911DB: Bell OH-58A, registration cancelled 2002-03-18

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 18, 2002
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Bell OH-58A](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-oh-58a) (registry code 1181579)
- Serial number: 72-21189
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: November 28, 1995
- Last registry action: December 18, 2001
- Mode S code: AC9AAF
- Owner when cancelled: [Polk County Sheriff'S Office](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/POLK%20COUNTY%20SHERIFF'S%20OFFICE)
- Location: [Bartow, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Bartow)
- Owner type: Government
- Owner's area on the map: 27.8761° N, 81.8127° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33830, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N911DB
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=911DB
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N911DB-2002-03-18

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 MIA02GA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02GA011), Oct 22, 2001: Bell OH-58A (N911DB), Bartow, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued VFR flight into IMC, and his failure to maintain altitude, resulting in an in-flight collision with the ground. Factors in this accident were fog, and dark night.

## 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 20011022039529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011022039529A), Oct 22, 2001: Bell OH58A (N911DB), Bartow, FL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) The public-use helicopter, operated by the polk county sheriff's office, collided with swampy terrain in an unlighted rural area about 2.5 miles nw of…

## Other aircraft with N911DB

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N911DB): Sunrise RV6A, S/N 23455, built 2005
- [Cancelled 1993-03-22](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N911DB-1993-03-22): Grumman G-1159, S/N 100. Exported to Mexico. Owner: [Skybird Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SKYBIRD%20AVIATION%20INC), [Van Nuys, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Van%20Nuys)

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