{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2016-10-28","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-06-10","city":"NIKISKI","country_code":"US","county_code":"050","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"52034","engine_horsepower":500,"engine_maker":"P&W","engine_model":"PT6A SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-06-10","maker":"Dehavilland","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"DEHAVILLAND","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2808001","mode_s_code":"50043117","mode_s_hex":"A0464F","model":"DHC-2","n_number":"N117BB","name":"KUSTATAN LEASING LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Sterling","damage":"SUBS","date":"2002-01-01","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"NYC02LA046","probable_cause":"The student pilots inadequate compensation for wind conditions which resulted in an off-field landing, and the CFI's improper decision to allow the student to fly solo.  Factors related to the accident were the gusting wind conditions, and the students lack of total experience in gliders.","registration":"N117BB","state":"MA","summary":"Accident on January 1, 2002 at Sterling, MA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N117BB is a Dehavilland DHC-2, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1962. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Kustatan Leasing LLC, an LLC in Nikiski, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 10, 2023 and expires on June 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 28, 2016.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Kustatan Leasing LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 10, 2023, expires June 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 28, 2016, 54 years after the 1962 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 1511 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N117BB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK (serial 917815, cancelled May 5, 2004). 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 N117BB: Accident on January 1, 2002 at Sterling, MA: 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":"Alaskan","region_code":"5","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":8,"serial_number":"1511","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 8553","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00510053","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N117BB","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1962,"zip":"996358553"}