{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-08-25","city":"PALO ALTO","country_code":"US","county_code":"085","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":"2033-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-08-25","maker":"Robinson Helicopter","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY","maker_segment":"Helicopter","mfr_mdl_code":"7640122","mode_s_code":"50401163","mode_s_hex":"A20273","model":"R44 II","n_number":"N229AC","name":"VICTOR AVIATION SERVICE INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Borneo Island","damage":"SUBS","date":"2010-06-25","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"WPR10WA321","probable_cause":null,"registration":"N229AC","state":"","summary":"Accident on June 25, 2010 at Borneo Island: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N229AC is a Robinson Helicopter R44 II, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 4 seats. It is registered to Victor Aviation Service INC, a corporation in Palo Alto, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 25, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033. 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 Victor Aviation Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 25, 2026, expires August 31, 2033. 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 13319 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N229AC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Erickson S64E (serial 64018, cancelled November 29, 2019). 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 N229AC: Accident on June 25, 2010 at Borneo Island: fatal, substantial damage (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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":4,"serial_number":"13319","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"2415 EMBARCADERO WAY","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01108999","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N229AC","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"943033314"}