{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1982-03-29","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2011-11-07","city":"POLK CITY","country_code":"US","county_code":"105","cruise_speed_mph":85,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"52016","engine_horsepower":600,"engine_maker":"P&W","engine_model":"R1340 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-01","maker":"Sikorsky","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SIKORSKY","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"8141602","mode_s_code":"50030706","mode_s_hex":"A031C6","model":"S-55","n_number":"N111VA","name":"WEEKS KERMIT A","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Paramount","damage":"SUBS","date":"2006-08-26","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX06LA280","probable_cause":"the loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the unsuitable terrain for the landing.","registration":"N111VA","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on August 26, 2006 at Paramount, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"SITKA","damage":"DEST","date":"1988-09-05","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"SEA88FA167","probable_cause":"","registration":"N111VA","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on September 5, 1988 at Sitka, AK: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N111VA is a Sikorsky S-55, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1953. It has 12 seats. It is registered to an individual in Polk City, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 7, 2011 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 29, 1982.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Weeks Kermit A, an individual, certificate issued November 7, 2011, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 29, 1982, 29 years after the 1953 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 55433 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N111VA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Britten-Norman BN-2A (serial 215, cancelled October 5, 1989). 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":"2 NTSB records under N111VA: Accident on August 26, 2006 at Paramount, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 5, 1988 at Sitka, AK: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). 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":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":12,"serial_number":"55433","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1400 BROADWAY BLVD SE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00583382","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N111VA","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1953,"zip":"338689109"}