Shrimplin Johnnie E SPARROW HAWK III
N430HS is a Shrimplin Johnnie E SPARROW HAWK III, a rotorcraft with a four-stroke engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lamesa, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 15, 2015 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 23, 2011.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Shrimplin Johnnie E
- Model
- SPARROW HAWK III
- Serial number
- S03-0003
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Subaru ALL MDLS A/B · 400 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Kit
- GROEN BROTHERS AVIATION USA SPARROWHAWK III
- Transponder code
- A523DE (octal 51221736)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 15, 2015
- Expires
- June 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 19, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · June 23, 2011
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 01060282
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Merritt Kelli
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 2400 E Highway 180
Lamesa, TX 79331-7934
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N430HS, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Merritt Kelli, an individual, certificate issued June 15, 2015, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial S03-0003 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N430HS according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N430HS: Accident on March 23, 2022 at Lubbock, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Sparrow Hawk III · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the gyrocopter during takeoff with strong gusty winds.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN22LA150 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data