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    Airframe Family: Bell 206 / H-57 Sea Ranger / H-58 Jet Ranger / 407 / 417
    Latest Model:OH-58C Kiowa
    Last Military Serial:69-16239 US
    Construction Number:40460
    Last Civil Registration:N9263Y
    Compressed ID:Bell OH-58C sn 69-16239 US cn 40460...
    Latest Owner or Location:CB Couch Inc, Walcott, AR

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an OH-58A.

    Circa 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 69-16239.

    Circa 1982

    Converted to an OH-58C.

    By June 1987

    Transferred to 307th Aviation Battalion, Fort Lewis, WA.

    3 June 1996

    To Cedar Rapids Police Department, Cedar Rapids, IA with new c/r N9263Y.

    18 July 1996


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA Airport

    30 March 2005


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Photographed from the control tower at Cedar Rapids, IA

    2007

    Placed up for auction.

    2 April 2008

    To Couch Helicopter Service Inc, Walcott, AR keeping c/r N9263Y.

    2 April 2008

    To CB Couch Inc, Walcott, AR keeping c/r N9263Y.

    28 May 2008

    To Couch Helicopter Service Inc, Walcott, AR keeping c/r N9263Y.

    12 May 2011

    Crashed.
    There was one fatality. The accident occurred at New Athens, IL, United States while maneuvering. The damage was substantial. The helicopter was being used for agricultural spraying of a wheat field. It had just taken off from a support truck for another spraying circuit when the support truck workers heard a noise, looked in the direction of the helicopter and saw the helicopter spinning without its tail boom attached. The terrain in the area of the accident site consisted of rolling hills...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    10 September 2011

    To CB Couch Inc, Walcott, AR keeping c/r N9263Y.

    26 September 2017

    Civil registration, N9263Y, cancelled.
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    The Library of the Collective Human Record
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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