{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2015-04-03","city":"WOODLAND HILLS","country_code":"US","county_code":"113","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2028-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-05","maker":"Robinson Helicopter","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"ROBINSON HELICOPTER","maker_segment":"Helicopter","mfr_mdl_code":"7640120","mode_s_code":"51247422","mode_s_hex":"A54F12","model":"R44","n_number":"N441HQ","name":"SPITZER HELICOPTER LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Galveston","damage":"SUBS","date":"2024-12-31","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN25LA067","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to maintain terrain clearance during the takeoff from the helipad in high and gusting wind conditions, that resulted in the right skid extension embedding in the artificial turf, and a subsequent dynamic rollover sequence.","registration":"N441HQ","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on December 31, 2024 at Galveston, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N441HQ is a Robinson Helicopter R44, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 4 seats. It is registered to Spitzer Helicopter LLC, an LLC in Woodland Hills, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 3, 2015 and expires on April 30, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Spitzer Helicopter LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 3, 2015, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1155 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N441HQ 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 N441HQ: Accident on December 31, 2024 at Galveston, 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":4,"serial_number":"1155","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"5958 ROD AVE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00334047","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N441HQ","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"913671003"}