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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:72-21147 US
    Construction Number:41813
    Last Civil Registration:N911RW
    Compressed ID:Bell OH-58A sn 72-21147 US cn 41813...
    Latest Owner or Location:Polk County Sheriffs Office, Winter Haven, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an OH-58A.

    Circa 1972

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 72-21147.

    8 October 2002

    To Polk County Sheriffs Office, Bartow, FL with new c/r N911RW.

    Based at Sheriffs Department, Bartow Municipal Airport, Bartow, FL.
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    12 May 2011

    To Polk County Sheriffs Office, Winter Haven, FL keeping c/r N911RW.

    By 3 October 2019

    To unknown owner with c/r N911RW.

    3 October 2019

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Fort Meade, FL, United States while maneuvering. The damage was substantial. On October 3, 2019, at 1503 eastern daylight time, a Bell OH-58A helicopter, N911RW, sustained substantial damage when it rolled over during a rescue mission in Fort Meade, Florida. The commercial pilot and the individual being rescued were not injured. The helicopter was registered to and operated by the Polk County Sheriffs Office as a local, public-use flight...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    8 June 2021

    Civil registration, N911RW, cancelled.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
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