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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N581AL

Bell OH-58C

Valid Alabama

N581AL is a Bell OH-58C, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 4 seats. It is registered to Shelby County Sheriffs Office, a government body in Columbiana, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 29, 2018 and expires on March 31, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
OH-58C
Serial number
71-20549
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 1 motor
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A779AA (octal 51674652)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 29, 2018
Expires
March 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 28, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
01272662

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Shelby County Sheriffs Office
Type
Government
Address
380 Mcdow Rd
Columbiana, AL 35051-9618

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