{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"1981-09-01","airworthiness_ops":"Agriculture and pest control; Aerial surveying; Forest; Patrolling; Other","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2018-09-07","city":"CONNER","country_code":"US","county_code":"081","cruise_speed_mph":103,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2028-09-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-06-10","maker":"Bell","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1181410","mode_s_code":"51337126","mode_s_hex":"A5BE56","model":"UH-1B","n_number":"N46969","name":"R & R CONNER AVIATION LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Kettle Falls","damage":"SUBS","date":"2015-05-08","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"WPR15LA159","probable_cause":"A total loss of engine power due to foreign object (towel) ingestion. Contributing to the accident was maintenance personnel\u2019s inadequate postmaintenance inspection of the engine.","registration":"N46969","state":"WA","summary":"Accident on May 8, 2015 at Kettle Falls, WA: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Ennis","damage":"SUBS","date":"2007-12-05","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"SEA08LA043","probable_cause":"The loss of collective control friction during takeoff that resulted in a collective bounce oscillation.  Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the aborted takeoff and the snow covered terrain.","registration":"N46969","state":"MT","summary":"Accident on December 5, 2007 at Ennis, MT: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N46969 is a Bell UH-1B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 6 seats. It is registered to R & R Conner Aviation LLC, an LLC in Conner, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 7, 2018 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; aerial surveying; forest; patrolling; other, dated September 1, 1981.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to R & R Conner Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 7, 2018, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; aerial surveying; forest; patrolling; other; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 63-8548 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N46969 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Fairchild M-62A-3 (serial 10224AE, cancelled November 18, 1955). 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":"2 NTSB records under N46969: Accident on May 8, 2015 at Kettle Falls, WA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 5, 2007 at Ennis, MT: 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":6,"serial_number":"63-8548","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 313","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00803374","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N46969","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"598270313"}