{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2021-02-09","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-04-18","city":"SAINT JOSEPH","country_code":"US","county_code":"019","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41899","engine_horsepower":260,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-540-AE1A5","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-18","maker":"Robinson Helicopter","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"ROBINSON HELICOPTER","maker_segment":"Helicopter","mfr_mdl_code":"7640123","mode_s_code":"50070560","mode_s_hex":"A07170","model":"R44 II","n_number":"N128AF","name":"SUMMERSKYZ INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Chicago","damage":"SUBS","date":"2025-03-10","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN25LA116","probable_cause":"","registration":"N128AF","state":"IL","summary":"Accident on March 10, 2025 at Chicago, IL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Oklahoma City","damage":"SUBS","date":"2010-05-27","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN10LA272","probable_cause":"The failure of the master rod bearing, which resulted in a loss of engine power.","registration":"N128AF","state":"OK","summary":"Accident on May 27, 2010 at Oklahoma City, OK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"JEROME","damage":"SUBS","date":"1989-03-18","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"SEA89LA058","probable_cause":"THE FAILURE OF ANOTHER PERSON TO REPORT A HARD LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRPLANE NOT BEING INSPECTED BY AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL.","registration":"N128AF","state":"ID","summary":"Accident on March 18, 1989 at Jerome, ID: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N128AF is a Robinson Helicopter R44 II, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2006. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Summerskyz INC, a corporation in Saint Joseph, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 18, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 9, 2021.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Summerskyz INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 18, 2023, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 9, 2021, 15 years after the 2006 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 11475 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N128AF was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: North American T-28A (serial 491619A, cancelled September 27, 2010). 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":"3 NTSB records under N128AF: Accident on March 10, 2025 at Chicago, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 27, 2010 at Oklahoma City, OK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 18, 1989 at Jerome, ID: 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":4,"serial_number":"11475","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"2040 COUNTY ROAD 2300 N","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01313166","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N128AF","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2006,"zip":"618739551"}