{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2004-01-20","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2020-01-21","city":"SAINT JOHN","country_code":"US","county_code":"185","cruise_speed_mph":85,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"99999","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"AMA/EXPR","engine_model":"UNKNOWN ENG","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-30","maker":"American","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"AMERICAN","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05601BT","mode_s_code":"50150526","mode_s_hex":"A0D156","model":"USA","n_number":"N1518","name":"PINKSTON MILTON D","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Fort Collins","damage":"","date":"2004-11-12","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"DEN05IA025","probable_cause":"the Blair-American and the Cessna pilot's inadequate visual lookout, and student pilot's failure to give right-of-way to a landing aircraft, which resulted in a runway incursion and subsequent collision. Contributing factors include the student instructor's inadequate supervision, and the student pilot's failure to follow procedures/directives, diverted attention and inadequate radio communications.","registration":"N1518","state":"CO","summary":"Incident on November 12, 2004 at Fort Collins, CO: no injuries.","type":"INC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N1518 is an American USA, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Saint John, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 21, 2020 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated January 20, 2004.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Pinkston Milton D, an individual, certificate issued January 21, 2020, expires January 31, 2030. 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 001 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N1518 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 N1518: Incident on November 12, 2004 at Fort Collins, CO: no injuries. 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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"001","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"KS","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"741 NW 130TH ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00750850","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N1518","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"675768643"}