{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2009-01-30","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2021-03-10","city":"WILMINGTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"003","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":"2028-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-28","maker":"Robinson Helicopter","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY","maker_segment":"Helicopter","mfr_mdl_code":"7640122","mode_s_code":"51276446","mode_s_hex":"A57D26","model":"R44 II","n_number":"N4529J","name":"STAR QUEST LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Point Harbor","damage":"DEST","date":"2021-07-19","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"ERA21LA295","probable_cause":"The noncertificated pilot\u2019s decision to continue visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation over a large body of water and a high velocity impact with the water. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor\u2019s inadequate oversight during their initial training and improperly signing off the student for solo flight when he lacked the proper student pilot and medical certificate.","registration":"N4529J","state":"NC","summary":"Accident on July 19, 2021 at Point Harbor, NC: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N4529J 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 Star Quest LLC, an LLC in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 10, 2021 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 30, 2009.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Star Quest LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 10, 2021, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated January 30, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 12683 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N4529J was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Jackson Johnny E Jr JACKSON-STOLP STRLET (serial 921, cancelled March 26, 2003); Jacobs Gary QUICKSILVER MX II (serial 1615, cancelled April 17, 1991); Piper PA-28R-180 (serial 28R-30387, cancelled July 9, 1981). 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 N4529J: Accident on July 19, 2021 at Point Harbor, NC: 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":4,"serial_number":"12683","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"DE","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"3 GERMANY DR UNITE 4","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01024300","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N4529J","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2009,"zip":"19806"}