{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1982-04-29","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2009-07-07","city":"SHREVEPORT","country_code":"US","county_code":"017","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":"2028-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-14","maker":"Bell","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1181511","mode_s_code":"52101446","mode_s_hex":"A88326","model":"206B","n_number":"N648CA","name":"CHEM-AIR LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Woodville","damage":"SUBS","date":"2015-09-24","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"CEN15LA423","probable_cause":"The loss of engine power due to water contamination in the fuel system. Contributing to the accident were the pilot\u2019s inadequate preflight inspection of the fuel tanks and the operator\u2019s inadequate inspection of the fuel supply truck that did not detect water contamination.","registration":"N648CA","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on September 24, 2015 at Woodville, TX: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N648CA is a Bell 206B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1982. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Chem-Air LLC, an LLC in Shreveport, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 7, 2009 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 29, 1982.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Chem-Air LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 7, 2009, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated April 29, 1982, consistent with the 1982 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3626 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N648CA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 152 (serial 15281455, cancelled August 14, 1998). 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 N648CA: Accident on September 24, 2015 at Woodville, TX: serious 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":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":5,"serial_number":"3626","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"LA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"7545 HAYGOOD RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00182162","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N648CA","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1982,"zip":"711073506"}