{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2008-01-12","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2007-05-11","city":"RANCHO CUCAMONGA","country_code":"US","county_code":"071","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55007","engine_horsepower":150,"engine_maker":"ROTORWAY","engine_model":"RI 162F","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"ROTORWAY INTL","kit_model":"EXEC 162F","last_action_date":"2023-01-22","maker":"Tronaas Chris E","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"TRONAAS CHRIS E","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05623KQ","mode_s_code":"50174540","mode_s_hex":"A0F960","model":"EXEC 162F","n_number":"N162CT","name":"TRONAAS CHRIS E","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Chino Hills","damage":"SUBS","date":"2011-08-06","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR11LA373","probable_cause":"A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of both the owner's and the pilot's failure to determine or monitor the remaining fuel quantity during the flight. Contributing to the accident was the manufacturer's lack of fuel consumption rate data for planning purposes.","registration":"N162CT","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on August 6, 2011 at Chino Hills, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N162CT is a Tronaas Chris E EXEC 162F, a rotorcraft with a four-stroke engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2008. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 11, 2007 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated January 12, 2008.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Tronaas Chris E, an individual, certificate issued May 11, 2007, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated January 12, 2008, consistent with the 2008 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6445 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N162CT according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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 N162CT: Accident on August 6, 2011 at Chino Hills, CA: 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"6445","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"10808 FOOTHILL BLVD STE 160 # 357","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"00337939","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N162CT","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2008,"zip":"917300601"}