{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2011-11-30","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-06-05","city":"CHULUOTA","country_code":"US","county_code":"117","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55007","engine_horsepower":150,"engine_maker":"ROTORWAY","engine_model":"RI 162F","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2032-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"ROTORWAY INTL","kit_model":"EXEC 162F","last_action_date":"2025-06-05","maker":"David M Leblanc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"DAVID M LEBLANC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056301M","mode_s_code":"52657602","mode_s_hex":"AB5F82","model":"162F","n_number":"N8318A","name":"BURDETTE DOUGLAS PAT","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Chuluota","damage":"SUBS","date":"2025-03-28","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ERA25LA160","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to maintain lateral control of the helicopter during takeoff, which resulted in a dynamic rollover.","registration":"N8318A","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on March 28, 2025 at Chuluota, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Waimea","damage":"SUBS","date":"2003-07-07","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX03CA227","probable_cause":"The certified flight instructor (CFI) delayed remedial action in response to the excessive descent rate initiated by the student during the practice autorotation.  Also causal, was the CFI's inadequate supervision of the student during the flight.  A possible tail wind condition and the pilot identified gusts were factors.","registration":"N8318A","state":"HI","summary":"Accident on July 7, 2003 at Waimea, HI: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8318A is a David M Leblanc 162F, a rotorcraft with a four-stroke engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2011. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Chuluota, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 5, 2025 and expires on June 30, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 30, 2011.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Burdette Douglas Pat, an individual, certificate issued June 5, 2025, expires June 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated November 30, 2011, consistent with the 2011 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6955 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N8318A was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (serial 2485, cancelled November 19, 2003); Piper PA-28-161 (serial 288116120, cancelled July 13, 1988); Cessna 170B (serial 25170, cancelled August 13, 1973). 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 N8318A: Accident on March 28, 2025 at Chuluota, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 7, 2003 at Waimea, HI: no 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":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"6955","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1236 GALLANT FOX WAY","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"01070784","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8318A","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2011,"zip":"327669131"}