{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"1989-11-28","airworthiness_ops":"Agriculture and pest control; Forest; Aerial surveying; Patrolling; Other","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2006-04-04","city":"COLUSA","country_code":"US","county_code":"011","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":"2027-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-01-22","maker":"Bell","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1181410","mode_s_code":"50377045","mode_s_hex":"A1FE25","model":"UH-1B","n_number":"N22753","name":"MARTINS DUSTERS INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"DAYVILLE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1997-08-29","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"SEA97LA198","probable_cause":"Improper installation of the transmission door by a company mechanic, resulting in inflight separation of the door (which then struck the tail rotor system) and consequent total loss of the tail rotor.  Contributing to the accident were:  inadequate recordkeeping by a company mechanic, and attainment of proper descent rate for the forced landing touchdown was not possible.","registration":"N22753","state":"OR","summary":"Accident on August 29, 1997 at Dayville, OR: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N22753 is a Bell UH-1B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1964. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Martins Dusters INC, a corporation in Colusa, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 4, 2006 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest; aerial surveying; patrolling; other, dated November 28, 1989.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Martins Dusters INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 4, 2006, expires June 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 28, 1989, 25 years after the 1964 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 64-13985 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N22753 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper J-3 (serial 2705, cancelled January 4, 1966). 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":"1 NTSB record under N22753: Accident on August 29, 1997 at Dayville, OR: serious 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":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":6,"serial_number":"64-13985","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 1089","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00422002","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N22753","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1964,"zip":"959321089"}