{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1998-09-08","city":"SANTA BARBARA","country_code":"US","county_code":"083","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2028-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-05","maker":"Bell","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1181407","mode_s_code":"50322610","mode_s_hex":"A1A588","model":"UH-1H","n_number":"N205KS","name":"USDA FOREST SERVICE FEPP","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Van Nuys","damage":"SUBS","date":"2018-01-12","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"GAA18CA107","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to maintain clearance from a stationary helicopter during landing. Contributing to the accident was the ground crew\u2019s failure to ensure that the helicopter would clear the stationary helicopter.","registration":"N205KS","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on January 12, 2018 at Van Nuys, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Santa Barbara","damage":"SUBS","date":"2010-06-24","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR10TA318","probable_cause":"The failure of left tailboom upper attachment fitting as a result of fatigue.","registration":"N205KS","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on June 24, 2010 at Santa Barbara, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"CALIFORNIA DEPT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION / SANTA BARBARA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT","plain_english":"N205KS is a Bell UH-1H, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 15 seats. It is registered to Usda Forest Service Fepp, a government body in Santa Barbara, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 8, 1998 and expires on April 30, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Usda Forest Service Fepp, a government body, certificate issued September 8, 1998, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 9526 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N205KS 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":"2 NTSB records under N205KS: Accident on January 12, 2018 at Van Nuys, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 24, 2010 at Santa Barbara, 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":"Government","registrant_type_code":"5","seats":15,"serial_number":"9526","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"4410 CATHEDRAL OAKS","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00025232","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N205KS","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"93110"}