{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1995-01-31","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2015-08-14","city":"COLUMBIANA","country_code":"US","county_code":"117","cruise_speed_mph":112,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"03020","engine_horsepower":420,"engine_maker":"ALLISON","engine_model":"250-C20 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-06-03","maker":"Bell","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1181511","mode_s_code":"51437200","mode_s_hex":"A63E80","model":"206B","n_number":"N501JS","name":"SHELBY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"HUFFMAN","damage":"SUBS","date":"1996-07-02","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"FTW96FA288","probable_cause":"corroded flight control components, due to the operator's inadequate maintenance and inspection of the airplane; the pilot's failure to follow procedures and directives, by flying the airplane without proper maintenance and annual inspection; and subsequent failure of a corroded flight control component.","registration":"N501JS","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on July 2, 1996 at Huffman, TX: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"PORTLAND","damage":"SUBS","date":"1984-06-18","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"MKC84LA178","probable_cause":"","registration":"N501JS","state":"AR","summary":"Accident on June 18, 1984 at Portland, AR: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N501JS is a Bell 206B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1995. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Shelby County Sheriffs Office, a government body in Columbiana, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 14, 2015 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 31, 1995.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Shelby County Sheriffs Office, a government body, certificate issued August 14, 2015, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated January 31, 1995, consistent with the 1995 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5195 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N501JS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Air Tractor Inc AT-400 (serial AT4000485, cancelled March 28, 1997). 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 N501JS: Accident on July 2, 1996 at Huffman, TX: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Accident on June 18, 1984 at Portland, AR: 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":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"Government","registrant_type_code":"5","seats":5,"serial_number":"5195","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"380 MCDOW RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00814842","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N501JS","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1995,"zip":"350519618"}