{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1997-03-31","city":"SOUTH ROCKWOOD","country_code":"US","county_code":"115","cruise_speed_mph":117,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2029-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-15","maker":"Helio","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"HELIO","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"4300106","mode_s_code":"51254120","mode_s_hex":"A55850","model":"H-391B","n_number":"N4431U","name":"DECHERT BARRY E","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Monroe","damage":"SUBS","date":"2025-08-18","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN25LA325","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a crosswind.","registration":"N4431U","state":"MI","summary":"Accident on August 18, 2025 at Monroe, MI: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"EDMONDS","damage":"DEST","date":"1992-08-26","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"SEA92LA191","probable_cause":"THE PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHEN AN EXHAUST VALVE SEIZED IN THE OPEN POSITION AND THE WATER WHERE THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO LAND, WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACFT NOSE OVER ON TOUCHDOWN.","registration":"N4431U","state":"WA","summary":"Accident on August 26, 1992 at Edmonds, WA: no injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"HOOD RIVER","damage":"SUBS","date":"1983-11-19","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"SEA84LA026","probable_cause":"","registration":"N4431U","state":"OR","summary":"Accident on November 19, 1983 at Hood River, OR: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N4431U is a Helio H-391B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in South Rockwood, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 31, 1997 and expires on November 30, 2029. 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 Dechert Barry E, an individual, certificate issued March 31, 1997, expires November 30, 2029. 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 091 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N4431U was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150D (serial 15060431, cancelled August 16, 1972). 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":"3 NTSB records under N4431U: Accident on August 18, 2025 at Monroe, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 26, 1992 at Edmonds, WA: no injuries, destroyed. Accident on November 19, 1983 at Hood River, OR: 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":4,"serial_number":"091","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MI","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"6515 LABO RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00612474","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N4431U","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"481799775"}