{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2001-02-22","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2001-06-04","city":"MATHER","country_code":"US","county_code":"067","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"60010","engine_horsepower":432,"engine_maker":"TURBOMECA","engine_model":"ARRIUS 2F","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-03-10","maker":"Eurocopter","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"EUROCOPTER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"8680987","mode_s_code":"50513333","mode_s_hex":"A296DB","model":"EC120B","n_number":"N266SD","name":"SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Fair Oaks","damage":"DEST","date":"2005-07-14","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"LAX05GA231","probable_cause":"The failure of the constant delta P diaphragm in the fuel control unit, which resulted in an increased fuel flow and subsequent catastrophic failure of the engine.  The diaphragm's failure was the result of improper installation by the engine manufacturer.  A factor in the accident was the unsuitable nature of the terrain for a successful autorotation.","registration":"N266SD","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on July 14, 2005 at Fair Oaks, CA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N266SD is an Eurocopter EC120B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2000. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Sacramento County Sheriffs Department, a government body in Mather, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 4, 2001 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 22, 2001.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Sacramento County Sheriffs Department, a government body, certificate issued June 4, 2001, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated February 22, 2001, consistent with the 2000 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1133 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N266SD 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 N266SD: Accident on July 14, 2005 at Fair Oaks, CA: fatal, destroyed (2 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":"Government","registrant_type_code":"5","seats":5,"serial_number":"1133","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"3846 BAZLEY WAY","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00103695","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N266SD","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2000,"zip":"956554000"}