{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2008-04-28","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2013-03-27","city":"SMITHVILLE","country_code":"US","county_code":"075","cruise_speed_mph":78,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"03075","engine_horsepower":317,"engine_maker":"ALLISON","engine_model":"250-C18","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":"2023-07-22","maker":"Bell","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1181028","mode_s_code":"51373130","mode_s_hex":"A5F658","model":"47G-3B-1","n_number":"N48316","name":"HAMMOCK FLYING SERVICE INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Portia","damage":"SUBS","date":"2016-05-13","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"CEN16LA182","probable_cause":"The pilot's decision to perform a sliding takeoff from the elevated platform, which resulted in a dynamic rollover when the right skid plate caught on a protruding screw. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to adequately inspect the landing platform before flight.","registration":"N48316","state":"AR","summary":"Accident on May 13, 2016 at Portia, AR: fatal, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"HAMMONTON","damage":"DEST","date":"1995-07-10","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"NYC95LA147","probable_cause":"failure of the collective yoke bearing, which resulted in an uncontrolled descent and collision with trees.  A factor relating to the accident was: the manufacturer's inadequate inspection interval of the yoke bearing.","registration":"N48316","state":"NJ","summary":"Accident on July 10, 1995 at Hammonton, NJ: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"DUMMERSTON","damage":"SUBS","date":"1983-12-18","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"NYC84LA055","probable_cause":"","registration":"N48316","state":"VT","summary":"Accident on December 18, 1983 at Dummerston, VT: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N48316 is a Bell 47G-3B-1, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1966. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Hammock Flying Service INC, a corporation in Smithville, Arkansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 27, 2013 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 28, 2008.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Hammock Flying Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 27, 2013, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 28, 2008, 42 years after the 1966 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3628 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N48316 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Fairchild M-62A (serial T43-7351, cancelled May 23, 1951). 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 N48316: Accident on May 13, 2016 at Portia, AR: fatal, substantial damage. Accident on July 10, 1995 at Hammonton, NJ: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on December 18, 1983 at Dummerston, VT: 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":3,"serial_number":"3628","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AR","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"50 LAWRENCE ROAD 3053","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00720275","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N48316","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1966,"zip":"724668091"}