{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2001-03-21","city":"HEMET","country_code":"US","county_code":"065","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2029-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-09","maker":"Eurocopter","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"EUROCOPTER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"8680954","mode_s_code":"53355645","mode_s_hex":"ADDBA5","model":"AS 350 B3","n_number":"N992SD","name":"COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"LAKE ELSINORE","damage":"DEST","date":"1999-01-30","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"LAX99GA083","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain main rotor rpm and her misjudged flare.  Also causal was the failure of the company maintenance personnel to follow the procedures/directives in the engine manufacturer's operation and maintenance manual and their improper inspection of the engine.  A factor was the oil starvation of the nos. 6, 7, and 8 bearings that resulted in a total loss of engine power.","registration":"N992SD","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on January 30, 1999 at Lake Elsinore, CA: serious injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"RIVERSIDE SHERIFFS AVIATION UNIT","plain_english":"N992SD is an Eurocopter AS 350 B3, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 6 seats. It is registered to County Of Riverside, a government body in Hemet, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 21, 2001 and expires on October 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to County Of Riverside, a government body, certificate issued March 21, 2001, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3319 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N992SD 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 N992SD: Accident on January 30, 1999 at Lake Elsinore, CA: serious injuries, destroyed. 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Government","registrant_type_code":"5","seats":6,"serial_number":"3319","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"ATTN STEVE BERTLING","street2":"4850 STETSON AVE","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00603615","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N992SD","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"92545"}