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    Airframe Family: Bell 206 / H-57 Sea Ranger / H-58 Jet Ranger / 407 / 417
    Latest Model:OH-58A Kiowa
    Last Military Serial:70-15621 US
    Construction Number:41172
    Last Civil Registration:N82857
    Latest Owner or Location:Tri Rotor Spray and Chemical, Ulysses, KS

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    Dates

    Event

    1970

    Constructed as an OH-58A with s/n 70-15621 US.

    27 January 1998

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR82857 (OH-58C, 70-15621) issued.

    22 July 1999

    To Aerial Applicators Inc, Houston, TX with new c/r N82857.

    23 August 2013

    To unknown owner with c/r N82857.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Ulysses, KS.

    20 May 2015

    Civil registration, N82857, cancelled.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Ulysses, KS.

    2 September 2015

    To Tri Rotor Spray and Chemical, Ulysses, KS keeping c/r N82857.

    Circa 11 May 2018

    Certificate of airworthiness for N82857 issued.

    By 11 May 2018

    To unknown owner with c/r N82857.

    11 May 2018

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Yuma, AZ, United States while maneuvering. The damage was substantial. On May 11, 2018, about 2030 Mountain Standard Time, a Bell OH-58C helicopter, N82857, was substantially damaged during a forced landing near Yuma, Arizona. The commercial pilot was not injured. The helicopter was registered to and operated by Tri-Rotor AG Services under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 as an aerial application flight...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.


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