{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"2001-12-31","airworthiness_ops":"Agriculture and pest control; Aerial surveying; Forest; Patrolling; Carriage of cargo","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2000-01-21","city":"DESTIN","country_code":"US","county_code":"091","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41551","engine_horsepower":1400,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"T53-L-13","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-25","maker":"Bell","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1181407","mode_s_code":"51622311","mode_s_hex":"A724C9","model":"UH-1H","n_number":"N56CF","name":"VERTOL SYSTEMS INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Zuni","damage":"SUBS","date":"2001-03-25","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"DEN01LA077","probable_cause":"a hard landing due to the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during autorotation/flare. A factor was the total loss of engine power due to mechanical failure.","registration":"N56CF","state":"NM","summary":"Accident on March 25, 2001 at Zuni, NM: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N56CF is a Bell UH-1H, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1964. It has 15 seats. It is registered to Vertol Systems INC, a corporation in Destin, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 21, 2000 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; aerial surveying; forest; patrolling; carriage of cargo, dated December 31, 2001.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Vertol Systems INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 21, 2000, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated December 31, 2001, 37 years after the 1964 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 64-13880 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N56CF was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Aerotek PITTS S-1 (serial KA100, cancelled August 15, 1989). 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":"1 NTSB record under N56CF: Accident on March 25, 2001 at Zuni, NM: 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":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":15,"serial_number":"64-13880","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 727","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00875582","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N56CF","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1964,"zip":"325400727"}