Turbine helicopter

N48LA

1970 Garlick Helicopters OH-58A+

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record
Built
1970
Serial
70-15130
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
B & S Air Inc (Corporation)
Based
Lumpkin, GA
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Registration record

N48LA on the FAA register

Type
1970 Garlick Helicopters OH-58A+
Serial
70-15130
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Registered owner
B & S Air Inc
Lumpkin, GA
Certificate issued
2018-10-11
Airworthiness date
2005-05-24
Registration expires
2028-10-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · research & development
Mode S (hex)
A5E73B
Mode S (octal)
51363473
Seats (type)
3
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-10-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2018-10-11
    Certificate of registration issued as N48LA.
  • 2010-07-28
    Accident at Newport, TN; damage: substantial.
  • 2005-05-24
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (research & development)).
  • 1970
    Manufactured (1970).
Overview

About N48LA

N48LA is a 1970 Garlick Helicopters OH-58A+, serial number 70-15130. The FAA register lists B & S Air Inc as the registrant in Lumpkin, Georgia. The current certificate of registration was issued on October 11, 2018 and expires on October 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, one Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG engine and 3 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (research & development), dated May 24, 2005.

N48LA has 1 accident/incident record on file (most serious damage: substantial); details are below.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2010-07-28 Accident · Newport, TN Damage: Substantial Minor injury NTSB · ERA10LA379
Reported aircraft: Garlick Helicopters OH-58A+
Probable cause: Inadequate maintenance inspections of the main rotor blade inertia screw holes, which resulted in a main rotor blade failure due to fatigue. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection of the main rotor blades.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.