{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2026-02-18","airworthiness_ops":"Transport","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-01-09","city":"STRATFORD","country_code":"US","county_code":"001","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[{"collateral_type":"Aircraft","doc_type":"Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)","doc_type_code":"BOS","party":"","receipt_date":"2026-10-01"}],"eng_mfr_mdl":"60036","engine_horsepower":817,"engine_maker":"TURBOMECA","engine_model":"ARRIEL 2S2","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2033-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-02-18","maker":"Keystone Helicopter","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"KEYSTONE HELICOPTER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"4900103","mode_s_code":"50542307","mode_s_hex":"A2C4C7","model":"S-76C","n_number":"N278FX","name":"FLEXJET VERTICAL LIFT LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N278FX is a Keystone Helicopter S-76C, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2008. It has 14 seats. It is registered to Flexjet Vertical Lift LLC, an LLC in Stratford, Connecticut. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 9, 2026 and expires on January 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated February 18, 2026. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Flexjet Vertical Lift LLC, an LLC, certificate issued January 9, 2026, expires January 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 18, 2026, 18 years after the 2008 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 760750 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N278FX according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (October 1, 2026).","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No NTSB investigation records located under N278FX. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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":"New England","region_code":"E","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":14,"serial_number":"760750","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"900 GREAT MEADOW RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"01014797","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N278FX","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2008,"zip":"066157588"}