{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2013-10-10","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2021-10-25","city":"BILLINGS","country_code":"US","county_code":"085","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"42399","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"O-360-A1H6","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-twins","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-06-16","maker":"Piper Aircraft Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER AIRCRAFT INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7104406","mode_s_code":"51251616","mode_s_hex":"A5538E","model":"PA-44-180","n_number":"N442RM","name":"ROCKY MOUNTAIN COLLEGE","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"San Diego","damage":"SUBS","date":"2015-08-16","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"WPR15MA243","probable_cause":"The local controller's (LC) failure to properly identify the aircraft in the pattern and to ensure control instructions provided to the intended Cessna on downwind were being performed before turning Eagle1 into its path for landing. Contributing to the LC's actions was his incomplete situational awareness when he took over communications from the LC trainee due to the high workload at the time of the accident. Contributing to the accident were the inherent limitations of the see-and-avoid concept, resulting in the inability of the pilots involved to take evasive action in time to avert the collision.","registration":"N442RM","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on August 16, 2015 at San Diego, CA: fatal, substantial damage (5 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N442RM is a Piper Aircraft Inc PA-44-180, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 2013. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Rocky Mountain College, a corporation in Billings, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 25, 2021 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 10, 2013.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Rocky Mountain College, a corporation, certificate issued October 25, 2021, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated October 10, 2013, consistent with the 2013 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 4496347 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N442RM was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: North American Rockwell NA265-60SC (serial 306-073, cancelled November 5, 2015). 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 N442RM: Accident on August 16, 2015 at San Diego, CA: fatal, substantial damage (5 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":4,"serial_number":"4496347","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1511 POLY DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01132684","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N442RM","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2013,"zip":"59201"}