{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2005-02-24","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-05-13","city":"DEER LODGE","country_code":"US","county_code":"077","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"54584","engine_horsepower":420,"engine_maker":"ROLLS-ROYC","engine_model":"250 20&30 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-13","maker":"Bell","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1182110","mode_s_code":"53344365","mode_s_hex":"ADC8F5","model":"206-L4","n_number":"N988B","name":"HELI WORKS FLIGHT SERVICES LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Anaconda","damage":"DEST","date":"2024-04-26","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"WPR24FA132","probable_cause":"A total loss of engine power due to a loss of cooling oil to the turbine-to-compressor coupling shaft and subsequent fracture of the shaft at an altitude too low for the pilot to complete a successful autorotation. Contributing to the accident was carbon buildup in the piccolo tube screen and nozzles and the disintegration of the spur adapter gearshaft O-rings for reasons that could not be determined.","registration":"N988B","state":"MT","summary":"Accident on April 26, 2024 at Anaconda, MT: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N988B is a Bell 206-L4, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2005. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Heli Works Flight Services LLC, an LLC in Deer Lodge, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 13, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 24, 2005.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Heli Works Flight Services LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 13, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated February 24, 2005, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 52304 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N988B was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bell 47G-2 (serial 1416, cancelled August 27, 1975). 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":"1 NTSB record under N988B: Accident on April 26, 2024 at Anaconda, MT: fatal, destroyed (1 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":7,"serial_number":"52304","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1620 W PETERSON AVE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00158799","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N988B","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2005,"zip":"597222002"}