{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1973-01-09","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2020-02-26","city":"MISSOULA","country_code":"US","county_code":"063","cruise_speed_mph":150,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41533","engine_horsepower":310,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"TI0-540 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-02-28","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-twins","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-10-07","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7102308","mode_s_code":"50126730","mode_s_hex":"A0ADD8","model":"PA-23-250","n_number":"N143AC","name":"POTCAKE AVIATION LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"VALENTINE","damage":"MINR","date":"1992-05-07","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI92IA141","probable_cause":"THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT IN COMMAND TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND THE INATTENTIVE FAA INSPECTOR (CHECK AIRMAN). ASSOCIATED FACTORS ARE THE INOPERATIVE LANDING GEAR WARNING SYSTEM, THE INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION BY THE PILOT AND FAA INSPECTOR, AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO USE A CHECKLIST.","registration":"N143AC","state":"NE","summary":"Incident on May 7, 1992 at Valentine, NE: no injuries, minor damage.","type":"INC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N143AC is a Piper PA-23-250, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1972. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Potcake Aviation LLC, an LLC in Missoula, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 26, 2020 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 9, 1973.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Potcake Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 26, 2020, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated January 9, 1973, consistent with the 1972 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 27-7304989 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N143AC 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 N143AC: Incident on May 7, 1992 at Valentine, NE: no injuries, minor 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":6,"serial_number":"27-7304989","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 7967","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00001660","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N143AC","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1972,"zip":"598077967"}