{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2023-06-16","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-10-12","city":"KALISPELL","country_code":"US","county_code":"029","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41899","engine_horsepower":260,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-540-AE1A5","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-11-13","maker":"Robinson Helicopter","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"ROBINSON HELICOPTER","maker_segment":"Helicopter","mfr_mdl_code":"7640123","mode_s_code":"52241530","mode_s_hex":"A94358","model":"R44 II","n_number":"N6960","name":"HELIFUN EXPEDITIONS LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Herriman","damage":"SUBS","date":"2024-07-13","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR24LA241","probable_cause":"A hard landing following a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of the improper idle setting of the helicopter\u2019s engine. Contributing to the loss of engine power was the instructor\u2019s reduction of engine power past that recommended by the manufacturer for practice autorotations.","registration":"N6960","state":"UT","summary":"Accident on July 13, 2024 at Herriman, UT: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N6960 is a Robinson Helicopter R44 II, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2023. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Helifun Expeditions LLC, an LLC in Kalispell, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 12, 2023 and expires on October 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 16, 2023.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Helifun Expeditions LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 12, 2023, expires October 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated June 16, 2023, consistent with the 2023 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 14632 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N6960 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bradbury SCORPION TOO (serial 1, cancelled May 11, 2015). 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 N6960: Accident on July 13, 2024 at Herriman, UT: 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":4,"serial_number":"14632","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1001 S MAIN ST STE 49","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01389864","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N6960","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2023,"zip":"599015635"}