{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2005-01-18","airworthiness_ops":"Research and development","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1998-06-08","city":"WICHITA FALLS","country_code":"US","county_code":"485","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"99999","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"AMA/EXPR","engine_model":"UNKNOWN ENG","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-09-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-03-17","maker":"Cartercopters Llc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CARTERCOPTERS LLC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05606CO","mode_s_code":"50053636","mode_s_hex":"A0579E","model":"CARTERCOPTER","n_number":"N121CC","name":"CARTER AVIATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Olney","damage":"SUBS","date":"2005-06-17","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"DFW05CA163","probable_cause":"The pilot's inability to maintain control of the gyrocraft during a forced landing as a result of a loss of cyclic and collective control.  Contributing factors were the sheared propeller drive pulley bolts, broken wire on the co-pilots cyclic boost control solenoid, failure of the ballistic parachute to deploy, and the lack of suitable terrain for forced landing.","registration":"N121CC","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on June 17, 2005 at Olney, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Olney","damage":"SUBS","date":"2003-04-08","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"FTW03LA125","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear. A factor was his diverted attention.","registration":"N121CC","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on April 8, 2003 at Olney, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Olney","damage":"SUBS","date":"2001-04-29","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"FTW01LA108","probable_cause":"the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff initial climb.  Contributory factors were the pilot's lack of experience with the aircraft and the soft terrain.","registration":"N121CC","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on April 29, 2001 at Olney, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Olney","damage":"SUBS","date":"2001-03-25","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"FTW01LA086","probable_cause":"the pilot's failure to maintain rotor rpm, which resuted in the main rotor contacting the tail during landing.","registration":"N121CC","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on March 25, 2001 at Olney, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"OLNEY","damage":"SUBS","date":"2000-12-13","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"FTW01LA040","probable_cause":"The pilot's delay in lowering the collective during a run-on landing, which resulted in a runway overrun. A factor was the muddy terrain.","registration":"N121CC","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on December 13, 2000 at Olney, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"OLNEY","damage":"SUBS","date":"1999-12-16","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"FTW00LA045","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain rotor rpm during takeoff, which resulted in a hard landing following the aborted takeoff.","registration":"N121CC","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on December 16, 1999 at Olney, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N121CC is a Cartercopters Llc CARTERCOPTER, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1998. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Carter Aviation Technologies LLC, an LLC in Wichita Falls, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 8, 1998 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development, dated January 18, 2005.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Carter Aviation Technologies LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 8, 1998, expires September 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated January 18, 2005, 7 years after the 1998 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 001 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N121CC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna T210N (serial 21064350, cancelled April 19, 1995). 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":"6 NTSB records under N121CC: Accident on June 17, 2005 at Olney, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 8, 2003 at Olney, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 29, 2001 at Olney, TX: no 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":5,"serial_number":"001","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"2730 COMMERCE ST STE 600","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00197251","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N121CC","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1998,"zip":"763018066"}