{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2004-06-08","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2020-09-17","city":"DULUTH","country_code":"US","county_code":"137","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41531","engine_horsepower":260,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-540F1 SERIE","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-09-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-04-30","maker":"Robinson Helicopter","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"ROBINSON HELICOPTER","maker_segment":"Helicopter","mfr_mdl_code":"7640120","mode_s_code":"52423611","mode_s_hex":"AA2789","model":"R44","n_number":"N7530C","name":"LAKE SUPERIOR HELICOPTERS LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"MIDDLEBURG","damage":"DEST","date":"1996-12-22","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"MIA97FA043","probable_cause":"VFR flight by the noninstrument-rated pilot into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), which resulted in spatial disorientation and an uncontrolled descent into a wooded area.  Factors relating to the accident were: failure of the pilot to obtain a preflight weather briefing, darkness, the adverse weather condition (fog and/or low ceiling), and the pilot's lack of instrument experience.","registration":"N7530C","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on December 22, 1996 at Middleburg, FL: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N7530C is a Robinson Helicopter R44, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 4 seats. It is registered to Lake Superior Helicopters LLC, an LLC in Duluth, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 17, 2020 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 8, 2004.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Lake Superior Helicopters LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 17, 2020, expires September 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1398 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N7530C was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Forney F-1 (serial 5645, cancelled March 4, 1997). 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 N7530C: Accident on December 22, 1996 at Middleburg, FL: 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":4,"serial_number":"1398","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"4525 AIRPORT APPROACH RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00112439","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N7530C","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"558111534"}