{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2006-05-04","airworthiness_ops":"Research and development; To show compliance with regulations","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2003-10-09","city":"MCCLELLAN","country_code":"US","county_code":"067","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"33864","engine_horsepower":1650,"engine_maker":"HONEYWELL","engine_model":"TPE331-14GR","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"turboprops","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-10-02","maker":"Marsh Aviation","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"MARSH AVIATION","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"5420000","mode_s_code":"51251134","mode_s_hex":"A5525C","model":"S-2F3AT","n_number":"N442DF","name":"USDA FOREST SERVICE FEPP","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Hopland","damage":"DEST","date":"2001-08-28","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"LAX01GA291","probable_cause":"the failure of both pilots to maintain an adequate visual lookout.  The failure of the pilot in Tanker 87 to comply with suggested procedures regarding positive radio contact and orbit entry was a factor.","registration":"N442DF","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on August 28, 2001 at Hopland, CA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"CALIFORNIA DEPT OF FORESTRY & FIRE PROTECTION","plain_english":"N442DF is a Marsh Aviation S-2F3AT, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines, built in 2005. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Usda Forest Service Fepp, a government body in Mcclellan, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 9, 2003 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development; to show compliance with regulations, dated May 4, 2006.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Usda Forest Service Fepp, a government body, certificate issued October 9, 2003, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for research and development; to show compliance with regulations, dated May 4, 2006, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 152826 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N442DF was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Grumman S2F-1 (serial 255, cancelled February 5, 2002); Grumman S-2A (serial T136408, cancelled July 16, 1974). 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 N442DF: Accident on August 28, 2001 at Hopland, CA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). 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":"Government","registrant_type_code":"5","seats":5,"serial_number":"152826","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"5500 PRICE AVE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Turboprop","type_engine_code":"2","unique_id":"00071289","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N442DF","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2005,"zip":"956522421"}