{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"1977-02-23","airworthiness_ops":"Agriculture and pest control","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2017-10-23","city":"TULARE","country_code":"US","county_code":"107","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41534","engine_horsepower":310,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"VO-540 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-03-24","maker":"Texas Helicopter Corp","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"TEXAS HELICOPTER CORP","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"8930103","mode_s_code":"51243505","mode_s_hex":"A54745","model":"OH-13E/M74","n_number":"N43921","name":"COSTA SPRAYING INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Farmington","damage":"SUBS","date":"2012-02-22","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"WPR12LA115","probable_cause":"The in-flight separation of the wood portion of one main rotor blade while maneuvering at low level, the reason for which could not be determined because postaccident examination did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.","registration":"N43921","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on February 22, 2012 at Farmington, CA: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"FARMINGTON","damage":"DEST","date":"1991-09-11","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"LAX91LA388","probable_cause":"LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON.  FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE EXCESSIVE GROSS WEIGHT OF THE HELICOPTER, AND THE PILOT'S IMPROPER USE OF FLIGHT CONTROLS DUE TO IMPAIRMENT FROM USE OF A DRUG (MARIJUANNA).","registration":"N43921","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on September 11, 1991 at Farmington, CA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"STOCKTON","damage":"SUBS","date":"1990-08-27","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX90DVD03","probable_cause":"THE PILOT MISJUDGED THE ALTITUDE DURING THE FLARE/TOUCHDOWN PHASE OF THE AUTOROTATION. FACTORS RELATING TO THIS ACCIDENT ARE FAILURE OF THE RIGHT MAGNETO.","registration":"N43921","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on August 27, 1990 at Stockton, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N43921 is a Texas Helicopter Corp OH-13E/M74, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1977. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Costa Spraying INC, a corporation in Tulare, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 23, 2017 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated February 23, 1977.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Costa Spraying INC, a corporation, certificate issued October 23, 2017, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated February 23, 1977, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 76-003 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N43921 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":"3 NTSB records under N43921: Accident on February 22, 2012 at Farmington, CA: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 11, 1991 at Farmington, CA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on August 27, 1990 at Stockton, CA: 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":1,"serial_number":"76-003","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"18520 ROAD 152","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00702344","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N43921","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1977,"zip":"93274"}