{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"1994-08-18","airworthiness_ops":"Agriculture and pest control; Forest; Other","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2013-01-16","city":"OLYMPIA","country_code":"US","county_code":"067","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41549","engine_horsepower":1150,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"T-53 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-07","maker":"Bell","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1181407","mode_s_code":"53301215","mode_s_hex":"AD828D","model":"UH-1H","n_number":"N97NW","name":"NORTHWEST HELICOPTERS LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"COEUR D'ALENE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1996-08-12","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"SEA96FA187","probable_cause":"Fatigue fracture of the left forward vertical stabilizer spar, resulting in loss of the vertical stabilizer and tail rotor and subsequent loss of control.  A factor was insufficient applicability (by make and model) of an existing FAA airworthiness directive (AD 71-21-02) which mandated repetitive crack inspections in the area of the fracture.","registration":"N97NW","state":"ID","summary":"Accident on August 12, 1996 at Coeur D'Alene, ID: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N97NW is a Bell UH-1H, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1965. It has 15 seats. It is registered to Northwest Helicopters LLC, an LLC in Olympia, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 16, 2013 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest; other, dated August 18, 1994.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Northwest Helicopters LLC, an LLC, certificate issued January 16, 2013, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 18, 1994, 29 years after the 1965 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 65-09823 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N97NW 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 N97NW: Accident on August 12, 1996 at Coeur D'Alene, ID: 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":15,"serial_number":"65-09823","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"WA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1000 85TH AVE SE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00624842","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N97NW","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1965,"zip":"985015707"}