{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1993-01-11","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2015-02-09","city":"LAS VEGAS","country_code":"US","county_code":"003","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41524","engine_horsepower":205,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"HIO-360 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-02-29","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-21","maker":"Schweizer","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SCHWEIZER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"8059502","mode_s_code":"51614672","mode_s_hex":"A719BA","model":"269C","n_number":"N557DC","name":"JOSLYN LARRY J","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Las Vegas","damage":"SUBS","date":"2018-06-13","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"WPR18LA170","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to take the appropriate corrective action for ground resonance, which resulted in a loss of helicopter control.","registration":"N557DC","state":"NV","summary":"Accident on June 13, 2018 at Las Vegas, NV: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"GRAND FORKS","damage":"SUBS","date":"1997-10-15","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI98LA021","probable_cause":"the pilot's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in a low fuel state, and his inability to see the wire which the helicopter contacted.  Factors associated to the accident were the precautionary landing, the dark night conditions, and the wire which was contacted.","registration":"N557DC","state":"ND","summary":"Accident on October 15, 1997 at Grand Forks, ND: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N557DC is a Schweizer 269C, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1993. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Las Vegas, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 9, 2015 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 11, 1993.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Joslyn Larry J, an individual, certificate issued February 9, 2015, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated January 11, 1993, consistent with the 1993 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial S1630 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N557DC 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 N557DC: Accident on June 13, 2018 at Las Vegas, NV: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 15, 1997 at Grand Forks, ND: 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":3,"serial_number":"S1630","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NV","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"9632 CAMDEN HILLS AVE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00884122","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N557DC","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1993,"zip":"891458621"}