{"airworthiness_class":"Multiple","airworthiness_date":"1961-10-07","airworthiness_ops":"Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2016-05-02","city":"GILBERT","country_code":"US","county_code":"021","cruise_speed_mph":78,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"27033","engine_horsepower":210,"engine_maker":"FRANKLIN","engine_model":"6V4 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-04","maker":"Bell","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1180802","mode_s_code":"52532146","mode_s_hex":"AAB466","model":"47D1","n_number":"N78900","name":"MASTER DESIGNS LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Lake Ozark","damage":"SUBS","date":"2013-06-28","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN13LA396","probable_cause":"The improper rebuild and maintenance of the helicopter and inadequate subsequent inspections, which resulted in undetected fuel contamination and a subsequent total loss of engine power during cruise flight.","registration":"N78900","state":"MO","summary":"Accident on June 28, 2013 at Lake Ozark, MO: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"SHAFTER","damage":"DEST","date":"1995-11-12","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"LAX96FA045","probable_cause":"the pilot misjudged the altitude and ground clearance while performing an unwarranted low altitude flight maneuver.","registration":"N78900","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on November 12, 1995 at Shafter, CA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N78900 is a Bell 47D1, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1952. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Master Designs LLC, an LLC in Gilbert, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 2, 2016 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated October 7, 1961.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Master Designs LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 2, 2016, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 7, 1961, 9 years after the 1952 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 480 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N78900 according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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 N78900: Accident on June 28, 2013 at Lake Ozark, MO: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 12, 1995 at Shafter, CA: fatal, destroyed (2 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":3,"serial_number":"480","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AZ","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"7 S GOLDEN KEY DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00275040","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N78900","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1952,"zip":"852335811"}