{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1986-05-29","airworthiness_ops":"Transport","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2018-03-16","city":"STEVENSVILLE","country_code":"US","county_code":"081","cruise_speed_mph":103,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41552","engine_horsepower":1150,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"T-53","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-28","maker":"Bell","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1181404","mode_s_code":"50320356","mode_s_hex":"A1A0EE","model":"204-B","n_number":"N204AQ","name":"TAMARACK HELICOPTERS INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"COPPER HARBOR","damage":"DEST","date":"1993-05-02","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"ANC93FA056","probable_cause":"FATIGUE FAILURE OF THE TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX, AND IMPROPER HELICOPTER OPERATIONS BEING CONDUCTED BY THE OPERATOR RESULTING IN REPETITIVE AT AND OVER MAXIMUM LOADS. FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT WERE: MATERIAL DEFECT OF THE TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX (INADEQUATE QUALITY CONTROL) BY THE COMPANY/OPERATOR, AND INADEQUATE SURVEILLANCE OF BOTH THE COMPANY OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FACILITY BY THE FAA.","registration":"N204AQ","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on May 2, 1993 at Copper Harbor, AK: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N204AQ is a Bell 204-B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 6 seats. It is registered to Tamarack Helicopters INC, a corporation in Stevensville, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 16, 2018 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated May 29, 1986.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Tamarack Helicopters INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 16, 2018, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for transport; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2198 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N204AQ 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 N204AQ: Accident on May 2, 1993 at Copper Harbor, 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":6,"serial_number":"2198","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 375","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00340760","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N204AQ","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"598700375"}