{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1973-09-25","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-08-13","city":"SEWARD","country_code":"US","county_code":"122","cruise_speed_mph":97,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41508","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-320 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-13","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7101820","mode_s_code":"50064670","mode_s_hex":"A069B8","model":"PA-18-135","n_number":"N1258C","name":"SMITH SAMUEL RICHARD","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Seward","damage":"SUBS","date":"2017-05-11","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"GAA17CA275","probable_cause":"The flight instructor's incorrect brake application during a high-speed taxi with a tailwind, which resulted in a nose-over.","registration":"N1258C","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on May 11, 2017 at Seward, AK: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Seward","damage":"SUBS","date":"2016-05-22","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"GAA16CA264","probable_cause":"The pilot receiving instruction's failure to maintain proper airspeed and descent rate, and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action during the landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and landing gear collapse.","registration":"N1258C","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on May 22, 2016 at Seward, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Coldfoot","damage":"SUBS","date":"2011-08-13","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"ANC11CA076","probable_cause":"The pilot's inadvertent application of the right brake pedal during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose-over.","registration":"N1258C","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on August 13, 2011 at Coldfoot, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"SMITH JOSEPH SAMUEL","plain_english":"N1258C is a Piper PA-18-135, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1953. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Seward, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 13, 2023 and expires on August 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 25, 1973.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Smith Samuel Richard, a co-owned, certificate issued August 13, 2023, expires August 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 25, 1973, 20 years after the 1953 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 18-2497 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N1258C 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":"3 NTSB records under N1258C: Accident on May 11, 2017 at Seward, AK: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 22, 2016 at Seward, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 13, 2011 at Coldfoot, AK: minor 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":"Co-owned","registrant_type_code":"4","seats":2,"serial_number":"18-2497","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 46","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00870610","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N1258C","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1953,"zip":"996640046"}