{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1996-08-15","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2018-05-02","city":"BIG LAKE","country_code":"US","county_code":"141","cruise_speed_mph":72,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[{"collateral_type":"Aircraft","doc_type":"Loan release","doc_type_code":"REL","party":"","receipt_date":"2026-09-04"}],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41534","engine_horsepower":310,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"VO-540 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-12","maker":"Hiller","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"HILLER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"4360122","mode_s_code":"53220153","mode_s_hex":"AD206B","model":"UH-12E","n_number":"N945HA","name":"DECHENE CORP","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Cokato","damage":"SUBS","date":"2008-08-15","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI08CA252","probable_cause":"The pilot did not visually identify and maintain clearance with the power lines, and the pilot's inability to maintain control of the helicopter once it contacted the power lines.  Factors associated with the accident were the low altitude operations being conducted and the power lines.","registration":"N945HA","state":"MN","summary":"Accident on August 15, 2008 at Cokato, MN: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N945HA is a Hiller UH-12E, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1964. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Dechene CORP, a corporation in Big Lake, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 2, 2018 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 15, 1996. 1 document is on file: loan release.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Dechene CORP, a corporation, certificate issued May 2, 2018, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 15, 1996, 32 years after the 1964 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 2057 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N945HA according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"1 document received recently: Loan release (September 4, 2026).","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N945HA: Accident on August 15, 2008 at Cokato, MN: 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":4,"serial_number":"2057","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"18222 195TH ST NW","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00062324","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N945HA","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1964,"zip":"553099525"}