Powrachute PEGASUS
N52631 is a Powrachute PEGASUS, a powered parachute with a two-stroke engine, built in 2006. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Manhattan, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 16, 2014 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for powered parachute, dated May 24, 2017.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Powrachute
- Model
- PEGASUS · all PEGASUSs and related versions
- Serial number
- A181PEG
- Type
- Powered parachute
- Power
- Two-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 582SER · 65 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2006
- Transponder code
- A6A213 (octal 51521023)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 16, 2014
- Expires
- September 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 17, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Light sport · Powered parachute · May 24, 2017
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00359669
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gifford Edward C
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 3325 Dempsey Rd
Manhattan, KS 66502-8980
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 3
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N52631, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Gifford Edward C, an individual, certificate issued September 16, 2014, expires September 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 24, 2017, 11 years after the 2006 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. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial A181PEG for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N52631 was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Cessna 182P (serial 18262728, cancelled May 15, 1974); Boeing C-97-G (serial 52-2631, cancelled June 27, 1970); Consolidated Vultee BT-13A (serial 6416, cancelled March 22, 1956). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
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. [3]
1 NTSB record under N52631: Accident on October 21, 2023 at Manhattan, KS: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Powrachute PEGASUS · operated under 091
The pilot’s improper modification of the engine cooling system that resulted in an engine overheat and total loss of power. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to continue the flight after the engine overheat light illuminated instead of performing a precautionary landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN24LA031 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data