{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2011-11-21","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2019-01-17","city":"SOUTH JORDAN","country_code":"US","county_code":"035","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"52158","engine_horsepower":1200,"engine_maker":"P&W CANADA","engine_model":"PT6A-67B","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"turboprops","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-07","maker":"Pilatus","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PILATUS","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7090551","mode_s_code":"50531475","mode_s_hex":"A2B33D","model":"PC-12/45","n_number":"N273SM","name":"GUARDIAN FLIGHT LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Stagecoach","damage":"SUBS","date":"2023-02-25","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"WPR23MA113","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s loss of control due to spatial disorientation while operating in night instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an in-flight breakup. Contributing to the accident was the disengagement of the autopilot for undetermined reasons, as well as the operator\u2019s insufficient flight risk assessment process and lack of organizational oversight.","registration":"N273SM","state":"NV","summary":"Accident on February 25, 2023 at Stagecoach, NV: fatal, substantial damage (5 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N273SM is a Pilatus PC-12/45, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 2002. It has 12 seats. It is registered to Guardian Flight LLC, an LLC in South Jordan, Utah. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 17, 2019 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 21, 2011.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Guardian Flight LLC, an LLC, certificate issued January 17, 2019, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 21, 2011, 9 years after the 2002 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 475 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N273SM 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 N273SM: Accident on February 25, 2023 at Stagecoach, NV: fatal, substantial damage (5 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":12,"serial_number":"475","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"UT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"10888 S 300 W","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Turboprop","type_engine_code":"2","unique_id":"00023399","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N273SM","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2002,"zip":"840954043"}