{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2004-02-12","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"","city":"ROCKVILLE","country_code":"US","county_code":"031","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41530","engine_horsepower":300,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-540 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2014-09-18","maker":"Robinson Helicopter","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY","maker_segment":"Helicopter","mfr_mdl_code":"7640122","mode_s_code":"52420477","mode_s_hex":"AA213F","model":"R44 II","n_number":"N7518Q","name":"FLY FOR FUN LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Frederick","damage":"DEST","date":"2014-10-23","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"ERA15FA025","probable_cause":"The failure of the helicopter pilots and the airplane pilot to maintain an adequate visual lookout for known traffic in the traffic pattern, which resulted in a midair collision. Contributing to the accident were the airplane pilot's descent below the published airplane traffic pattern altitude (TPA) and the helicopter pilot's climb above the proper helicopter TPA as prescribed in the Federal Aviation Administration's Aeronautical Information Manual for airports without published helicopter TPAs. Also contributing to the accident were the lack of a published helicopter TPA, the absence of radar equipment in the tower, and the controller's inadequate task prioritization.","registration":"N7518Q","state":"MD","summary":"Accident on October 23, 2014 at Frederick, MD: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N7518Q is a Robinson Helicopter R44 II, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2004. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Fly For Fun LLC, an LLC in Rockville, Maryland. The FAA lists the registration as \"expired dealer\". It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 12, 2004.","records_check":[{"finding":"Registration status is \"Expired dealer\". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated February 12, 2004, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 10281 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N7518Q was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 310Q (serial 310Q0018, cancelled January 26, 1976). 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 N7518Q: Accident on October 23, 2014 at Frederick, MD: fatal, destroyed (3 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":4,"serial_number":"10281","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MD","status":"Expired dealer","status_code":"D","status_short":"Expired dealer","street":"4421 HAVERFORD DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00092449","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N7518Q","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2004,"zip":"208531830"}