{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2011-06-23","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2015-06-15","city":"LAMESA","country_code":"US","county_code":"115","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"59050","engine_horsepower":400,"engine_maker":"SUBARU","engine_model":"ALL MDLS A/B","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"GROEN BROTHERS AVIATION USA","kit_model":"SPARROWHAWK III","last_action_date":"2023-05-19","maker":"Shrimplin Johnnie E","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SHRIMPLIN JOHNNIE E","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05630GD","mode_s_code":"51221736","mode_s_hex":"A523DE","model":"SPARROW HAWK III","n_number":"N430HS","name":"MERRITT KELLI","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Lubbock","damage":"SUBS","date":"2022-03-23","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN22LA150","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to maintain control of the gyrocopter during takeoff with strong gusty winds.","registration":"N430HS","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on March 23, 2022 at Lubbock, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N430HS is a Shrimplin Johnnie E SPARROW HAWK III, a rotorcraft with a four-stroke engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lamesa, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 15, 2015 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 23, 2011.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Merritt Kelli, an individual, certificate issued June 15, 2015, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial S03-0003 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N430HS 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 N430HS: Accident on March 23, 2022 at Lubbock, TX: 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"S03-0003","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"2400 E HIGHWAY 180","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"01060282","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N430HS","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"793317934"}