{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1999-10-19","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2016-08-17","city":"WASILLA","country_code":"US","county_code":"170","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41532","engine_horsepower":250,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-540 SERIES","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":"2026-10-01","maker":"Robinson Helicopter","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"ROBINSON HELICOPTER","maker_segment":"Helicopter","mfr_mdl_code":"7640120","mode_s_code":"52312405","mode_s_hex":"A99505","model":"R44","n_number":"N7162R","name":"POLLUX AVIATION LTD","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Fort Glenn","damage":"SUBS","date":"2015-09-19","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC15LA073","probable_cause":"The separation of the tail rotor gearbox from the tailboom attachment point due to overstress loads imposed by a tail rotor blade imbalance as the result of impact with an undetermined object during low-level flight operations.","registration":"N7162R","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on September 19, 2015 at Fort Glenn, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"KOSRAE","damage":"DEST","date":"1991-10-31","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"LAX92LA030","probable_cause":"THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S IMPROPER PREFLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE HELICOPTER RESULTING IN A TIEDOWN STRAP NOT BEING REMOVED FROM THE RIGHT SKID AND SUBSEQUENT ROLL OVER ON TAKEOFF.","registration":"N7162R","state":"","summary":"Accident on October 31, 1991 at Kosrae: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N7162R is a Robinson Helicopter R44, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1999. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Pollux Aviation LTD, a corporation in Wasilla, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 17, 2016 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 19, 1999.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Pollux Aviation LTD, a corporation, certificate issued August 17, 2016, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated October 19, 1999, consistent with the 1999 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0670 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N7162R was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Bell 47G-5A (serial 25071, cancelled March 31, 1992); Piper PA-28-140 (serial 28-21870, cancelled August 4, 1970). 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":"2 NTSB records under N7162R: Accident on September 19, 2015 at Fort Glenn, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 31, 1991 at Kosrae: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). 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":"Alaskan","region_code":"5","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":4,"serial_number":"0670","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"6540 E BEECHCRAFT RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00816002","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N7162R","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1999,"zip":"996549330"}