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N153SA

Bell OH-58A

Valid Michigan

N153SA is a Bell OH-58A, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1968. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in West Branch, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 5, 2008 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated May 9, 2003.

Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
OH-58A
Serial number
68-16711
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 1 motor · Allison 250-C10D · 317 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1968
Cruising speed
112 mph
Transponder code
A0D6E5 (octal 50153345)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 5, 2008
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition · May 9, 2003
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00386381

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hodges Terry A
Type
Individual
Address
1550 Driftwood Ct
West Branch, MI 48661-9381

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data