{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1997-03-28","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2019-09-05","city":"LAFAYETTE","country_code":"US","county_code":"055","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"03002","engine_horsepower":250,"engine_maker":"ALLISON","engine_model":"250 SER 250HP","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-09-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-02","maker":"Bell","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1182206","mode_s_code":"51306552","mode_s_hex":"A58D6A","model":"407","n_number":"N457PH","name":"PHI AVIATION LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Venice","damage":"SUBS","date":"2017-05-02","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN17LA174","probable_cause":"An in-flight separation of the tip block from the tail rotor blade due to an inadequate blade repair, which resulted in a rotor imbalance sufficient to crack the gearbox attachment studs and gearbox support assembly, and inadequate postrepair test procedures, which failed to detect the inadequate adhesive bonding.","registration":"N457PH","state":"LA","summary":"Accident on May 2, 2017 at Venice, LA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"High Island 573","damage":"DEST","date":"2003-12-01","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"FTW04FA029","probable_cause":"The loss of engine power due to the failure of the 3rd stage turbine wheel and subsequent catastrophic failure of the turbine assembly.","registration":"N457PH","state":"","summary":"Accident on December 1, 2003 at High Island 573: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N457PH is a Bell 407, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1997. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Phi Aviation LLC, an LLC in Lafayette, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 5, 2019 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 28, 1997.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Phi Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 5, 2019, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated March 28, 1997, consistent with the 1997 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 53121 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N457PH according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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":"2 NTSB records under N457PH: Accident on May 2, 2017 at Venice, LA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 1, 2003 at High Island 573: fatal, destroyed (1 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":7,"serial_number":"53121","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"LA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"2001 SE EVANGELINE TRWY","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00436391","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N457PH","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1997,"zip":"705082156"}