{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2004-04-21","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2024-10-17","city":"MORGAN","country_code":"US","county_code":"029","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41504","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-360-A1D","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2031-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-4","last_action_date":"2024-10-17","maker":"Vallender Merrill J","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"VALLENDER MERRILL J","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05616BO","mode_s_code":"50051200","mode_s_hex":"A05280","model":"RV-4","n_number":"N12MV","name":"KARDUCK CRAIG","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"WONDERLAKE","damage":"DEST","date":"1994-04-23","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"CHI94FA140","probable_cause":"FATIGUE AND CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE MAIN WING SPAR RESULTING FROM THE DESIGNER'S EXCESSIVE, UNVERIFIED ESTIMATE OF THE STRENGTH OF THE SPAR CAP MATERIAL AND THE MANUFACTURER'S FAILURE TO ATTAIN THE SPECIFIED STRENGTH DURING THE PRODUCTION PROCESS.","registration":"N12MV","state":"IL","summary":"Accident on April 23, 1994 at Wonderlake, IL: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N12MV is a Vallender Merrill J RV-4, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Morgan, Utah. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 17, 2024 and expires on October 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated April 21, 2004.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Karduck Craig, an individual, certificate issued October 17, 2024, expires October 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3671 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N12MV was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Vavra Martin A REBEL 300 (serial S890022, cancelled June 14, 1996). 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 N12MV: Accident on April 23, 1994 at Wonderlake, IL: 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":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"3671","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"UT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"5563 DAY LILY DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00079589","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N12MV","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"840509375"}