Helio H-391B
N4431U is a Helio H-391B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in South Rockwood, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 31, 1997 and expires on November 30, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Helio
- Model
- H-391B · all H-391Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 091
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 117 mph
- Transponder code
- A55850 (octal 51254120)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 31, 1997
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2023
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00612474
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Dechert Barry E
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 6515 Labo Rd
South Rockwood, MI 48179-9775
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.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N4431U, 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 Dechert Barry E, an individual, certificate issued March 31, 1997, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 091 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4431U was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150D (serial 15060431, cancelled August 16, 1972). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
3 NTSB records under N4431U: Accident on August 18, 2025 at Monroe, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 26, 1992 at Edmonds, WA: no injuries, destroyed. Accident on November 19, 1983 at Hood River, OR: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Helio H-391B · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a crosswind.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN25LA325 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Helio H-391B · operated under 091
THE PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHEN AN EXHAUST VALVE SEIZED IN THE OPEN POSITION AND THE WATER WHERE THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO LAND, WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACFT NOSE OVER ON TOUCHDOWN.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA92LA191 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Helio H-391B · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA84LA026 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
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data