{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2007-06-22","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2006-04-04","city":"FORT MYERS","country_code":"US","county_code":"071","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"60053","engine_horsepower":712,"engine_maker":"TURBOMECA","engine_model":"ARRIEL 1D1","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-01-22","maker":"Eurocopter France","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"EUROCOPTER FRANCE","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"8680973","mode_s_code":"52321060","mode_s_hex":"A9A230","model":"AS350B2","n_number":"N72LC","name":"LEE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Ft. Myers","damage":"SUBS","date":"2006-11-18","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"MIA07TA017","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during engine start.  Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper advancement of the fuel control lever.","registration":"N72LC","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on November 18, 2006 at Ft. Myers, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"FORT MYERS","damage":"SUBS","date":"1999-12-20","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"MIA00GA057","probable_cause":"improper maintenance inspection of the helicopter by unknown maintenance personnel, resulting in a worn control rod bearing being continued in service, and subsequent separation, resulting in an in-flight loss of control and a crash.","registration":"N72LC","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on December 20, 1999 at Fort Myers, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N72LC is an Eurocopter France AS350B2, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1992. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Lee County Sheriffs Office, a government body in Fort Myers, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 4, 2006 and expires on March 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 22, 2007.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Lee County Sheriffs Office, a government body, certificate issued April 4, 2006, expires March 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 22, 2007, 15 years after the 1992 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 2628 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N72LC was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Hughes OH-6A (serial 68-17184, cancelled September 25, 2002); Bell TH-13T (serial 3588, cancelled date not given). 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 N72LC: Accident on November 18, 2006 at Ft. Myers, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 20, 1999 at Fort Myers, FL: 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":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"Government","registrant_type_code":"5","seats":6,"serial_number":"2628","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"14750 SIX MILE CYPRESS PKWY","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00514182","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N72LC","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1992,"zip":"33912"}