{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2024-04-14","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-01-03","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":"2032-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-01-03","maker":"Robinson Helicopter","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY","maker_segment":"Helicopter","mfr_mdl_code":"7640122","mode_s_code":"52270515","mode_s_hex":"A9714D","model":"R44 II","n_number":"N70727","name":"VERTICAL CORP","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Stockbridge","damage":"SUBS","date":"2008-02-03","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"CHI08CA073","probable_cause":"The pilot's spatial disorientation while maneuvering after takeoff and his subsequent failure to maintain clearance from the terrain.  Contributing factors were the snow-covered lake and overcast clouds, which resulted in the pilot's spatial disorientation due to the indefinite horizon.  An additional factor was the airplane's low altitude at the time of the occurrence.","registration":"N70727","state":"WI","summary":"Accident on February 3, 2008 at Stockbridge, WI: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N70727 is a Robinson Helicopter R44 II, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2024. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Vertical CORP, a corporation in Kalispell, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 3, 2025 and expires on January 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 14, 2024.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Vertical CORP, a corporation, certificate issued January 3, 2025, expires January 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated April 14, 2024, consistent with the 2024 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 14744 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N70727 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Squier Daniel G PAUPER II (serial 6, cancelled December 9, 2008); Dehavilland DHC-1 SERIES 22 (serial DHB-F-683, cancelled November 17, 1981). 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 N70727: Accident on February 3, 2008 at Stockbridge, WI: 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":4,"serial_number":"14744","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 9677","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01439876","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N70727","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2024,"zip":"599042677"}