{"airworthiness_class":"Multiple","airworthiness_date":"1995-05-17","airworthiness_ops":"Standard; Restricted; Aerial surveying; Other","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"","city":"WEST POINT","country_code":"US","county_code":"039","cruise_speed_mph":103,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"52033","engine_horsepower":500,"engine_maker":"P&W","engine_model":"PT6 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2005-04-13","maker":"Bell","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1181420","mode_s_code":"50021133","mode_s_hex":"A0225B","model":"212","n_number":"N1079U","name":"TURBINES LTD","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"McMurdo Station","damage":"SUBS","date":"2003-01-17","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"ANC03GA023","probable_cause":"The pilot's continued operation of the helicopter with an unstable external load, which resulted in damage to the cargo hook assembly, adjacent throttle controls, and subsequent loss of engine power, precipitating an emergency descent and impact with terrain.  Factors associated with the accident were the load oscillations, and the separation of the fuel crossover lines.","registration":"N1079U","state":"","summary":"Accident on January 17, 2003 at Mcmurdo Station: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N1079U is a Bell 212, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1980. It has 15 seats. It is registered to Turbines LTD, a corporation in West Point, Nebraska. The registration is valid: it was issued on  and expires on . It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; aerial surveying; other, dated May 17, 1995.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Turbines LTD, a corporation, certificate issued , expires date not given. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 17, 1995, 15 years after the 1980 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 31122 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N1079U was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-34-200 (serial 34-7250082, cancelled June 4, 1973). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N1079U: Accident on January 17, 2003 at Mcmurdo Station: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":15,"serial_number":"31122","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NE","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"140 19TH RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00712020","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N1079U","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1980,"zip":"687884506"}