{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"1970-04-23","airworthiness_ops":"Agriculture and pest control","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2004-01-29","city":"BENTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"037","cruise_speed_mph":78,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41525","engine_horsepower":260,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"VO-435 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-18","maker":"Bell","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1181032","mode_s_code":"52606046","mode_s_hex":"AB0C26","model":"47G-5","n_number":"N8103J","name":"TRIPLE F FLYING INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"ESSEX JUNCTION","damage":"SUBS","date":"1998-12-14","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"IAD99LA024","probable_cause":"the pilot's improper entry into the autorotation, which resulted in the loss of power and a low rotor rpm condition. Also causal was the pilot's improper execution of the autorotation which resulted in the hard landing.  Factors in the accident were the performance of the autorotation at dusk over rough terrain.","registration":"N8103J","state":"VT","summary":"Accident on December 14, 1998 at Essex Junction, VT: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8103J is a Bell 47G-5, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1970. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Triple F Flying INC, a corporation in Benton, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 29, 2004 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated April 23, 1970.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Triple F Flying INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 29, 2004, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated April 23, 1970, consistent with the 1970 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 25001 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N8103J 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":"1 NTSB record under N8103J: Accident on December 14, 1998 at Essex Junction, VT: 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":3,"serial_number":"25001","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"PA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"912 AUSTIN TRL","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00910372","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8103J","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1970,"zip":"178148257"}