{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1989-07-27","airworthiness_ops":"Exhibition","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1991-12-24","city":"CAVE CREEK","country_code":"US","county_code":"013","cruise_speed_mph":150,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"52032","engine_horsepower":750,"engine_maker":"P&W","engine_model":"PT6A SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"turboprops","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-18","maker":"Helio","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"HELIO","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"4301006","mode_s_code":"51600062","mode_s_hex":"A70032","model":"HST-550A","n_number":"N550HZ","name":"MAYTAG DAVID D JR","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"SALOME","damage":"DEST","date":"1992-03-01","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"LAX92LA133","probable_cause":"THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE IN-FLIGHT PLANNING, IMPROPER ALTITUDE, AND DELAYING THE REQUIRED REMEDIAL ACTION TO PREVENT THE COLLISION WITH THE MOUNTAIN. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE UNFAVORABLE WIND AND DOWNDRAFT CONDITIONS.","registration":"N550HZ","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on March 1, 1992 at Salome, AZ: minor injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N550HZ is a Helio HST-550A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1972. It has 10 seats. It is registered to an individual in Cave Creek, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 24, 1991 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated July 27, 1989.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Maytag David D JR, an individual, certificate issued December 24, 1991, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 27, 1989, 17 years after the 1972 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 007 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N550HZ 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":"1 NTSB record under N550HZ: Accident on March 1, 1992 at Salome, AZ: minor injuries, destroyed. 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":10,"serial_number":"007","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AZ","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"40040 N 69TH ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Turboprop","type_engine_code":"2","unique_id":"00014600","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N550HZ","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1972,"zip":"853318267"}