{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2009-10-29","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2010-05-24","city":"WASHINGTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"001","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"60056","engine_horsepower":747,"engine_maker":"TURBOMECA","engine_model":"ARRIEL 2B1","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-10-20","maker":"American Eurocopter Llc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"AMERICAN EUROCOPTER LLC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1145002","mode_s_code":"51110602","mode_s_hex":"A49182","model":"AS350B3","n_number":"N3939A","name":"DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CUSTOMS & BORDER","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Sunburst","damage":"SUBS","date":"2012-08-18","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR12TA364","probable_cause":"The improper installation of the engine-to-main gearbox flex coupling, which resulted in the failure of the flex coupling and a loss of power to the rotor system during takeoff.","registration":"N3939A","state":"MT","summary":"Accident on August 18, 2012 at Sunburst, MT: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"PROTECTION","plain_english":"N3939A is an American Eurocopter Llc AS350B3, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2009. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Dept Of Homeland Security Customs & Border, a government body in Washington, District of Columbia. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 24, 2010 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 29, 2009.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Dept Of Homeland Security Customs & Border, a government body, certificate issued May 24, 2010, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated October 29, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 4806 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N3939A was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Stinson L-5G (serial 45-35018A, cancelled June 12, 1965). 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 N3939A: Accident on August 18, 2012 at Sunburst, MT: 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Government","registrant_type_code":"5","seats":7,"serial_number":"4806","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"DC","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"OFFICE OF AIR & MARINE","street2":"1300 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW RM 6.4 A","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"01029237","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N3939A","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2009,"zip":"202290002"}