{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2009-10-14","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2019-03-20","city":"MCALLEN","country_code":"US","county_code":"215","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41899","engine_horsepower":260,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-540-AE1A5","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-21","maker":"Robinson Helicopter","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY","maker_segment":"Helicopter","mfr_mdl_code":"7640122","mode_s_code":"51256307","mode_s_hex":"A55CC7","model":"R44 II","n_number":"N4447A","name":"SOUTH TEXAS HELICOPTER SERVICES LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"San Isidro","damage":"SUBS","date":"2022-08-21","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"CEN22LA400","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s improper decision to conduct an autorotation with a tailwind, which resulted in a hard landing and substantial damage.","registration":"N4447A","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on August 21, 2022 at San Isidro, TX: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N4447A is a Robinson Helicopter R44 II, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2009. It has 4 seats. It is registered to South Texas Helicopter Services LLC, an LLC in Mcallen, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 20, 2019 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 14, 2009.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to South Texas Helicopter Services LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 20, 2019, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated October 14, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 12906 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N4447A was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-22-150 (serial 22-3779, cancelled June 27, 2006). 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 N4447A: Accident on August 21, 2022 at San Isidro, TX: serious 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":4,"serial_number":"12906","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"211 S BROADWAY ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01042170","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N4447A","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2009,"zip":"785014834"}