{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2007-01-04","city":"BOYD","country_code":"US","county_code":"497","cruise_speed_mph":71,"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":1,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-09","maker":"Bellanca","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELLANCA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1220438","mode_s_code":"50114776","mode_s_hex":"A099FE","model":"7ACA","n_number":"N138MB","name":"HIGHTOWER JERRY C","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"NO. LITTLE ROCK","damage":"SUBS","date":"1999-10-24","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"FTW00LA016","probable_cause":"The pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff.  A factor was the partial loss of engine power for an undetermined reason.","registration":"N138MB","state":"AR","summary":"Accident on October 24, 1999 at No. Little Rock, AR: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N138MB is a Bellanca 7ACA, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Boyd, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 4, 2007 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 Hightower Jerry C, an individual, certificate issued January 4, 2007, expires October 31, 2029. Fractional ownership is 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 56-72 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N138MB 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 N138MB: Accident on October 24, 1999 at No. Little Rock, AR: 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"56-72","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 442","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00771230","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N138MB","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"760230442"}