{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2026-03-14","airworthiness_ops":"Research and development","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2017-05-04","city":"AURORA","country_code":"US","county_code":"047","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"33903","engine_horsepower":4075,"engine_maker":"HONEYWELL","engine_model":"AL5512","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-05-31","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":"Boeing-Vertol","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BOEING-VERTOL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1385051","mode_s_code":"50425051","mode_s_hex":"A22A29","model":"234","n_number":"N239CH","name":"COLUMBIA HELICOPTERS INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Burns","damage":"SUBS","date":"2008-08-22","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX08CA282","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from obstacles while taxiing.","registration":"N239CH","state":"OR","summary":"Accident on August 22, 2008 at Burns, OR: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N239CH is a Boeing-Vertol 234, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1981. It has 44 seats. It is registered to Columbia Helicopters INC, a corporation in Aurora, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 4, 2017 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development, dated March 14, 2026.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Columbia Helicopters INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 4, 2017, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 14, 2026, 45 years after the 1981 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 MJ006 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N239CH 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 N239CH: Accident on August 22, 2008 at Burns, OR: 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":44,"serial_number":"MJ006","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"OR","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"14452 ARNDT RD NE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00535031","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N239CH","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1981,"zip":"970029525"}