{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2011-07-07","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2010-04-26","city":"OXFORD","country_code":"US","county_code":"041","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41881","engine_horsepower":200,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-360 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-8","last_action_date":"2023-01-22","maker":"Baker Thomas J","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BAKER THOMAS J","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05629N5","mode_s_code":"50153147","mode_s_hex":"A0D667","model":"VANS RV-8","n_number":"N153M","name":"BAKER  THOMAS J","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Sheridan","damage":"SUBS","date":"2006-06-30","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"DEN06LA094","probable_cause":"the partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.  Contributing factors were the dirt embankment and fence.","registration":"N153M","state":"WY","summary":"Accident on June 30, 2006 at Sheridan, WY: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"GALLUP","damage":"SUBS","date":"1984-06-21","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"DEN84LA190","probable_cause":"","registration":"N153M","state":"NM","summary":"Accident on June 21, 1984 at Gallup, NM: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N153M is a Baker Thomas J VANS RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2011. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Oxford, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 26, 2010 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 7, 2011.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Baker Thomas J, an individual, certificate issued April 26, 2010, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated July 7, 2011, consistent with the 2011 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 82655 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N153M was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 180 (serial 32314, cancelled October 29, 2009); New Standard STANDARD D-29A (serial 1005, cancelled November 21, 1951). 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":"2 NTSB records under N153M: Accident on June 30, 2006 at Sheridan, WY: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 21, 1984 at Gallup, NM: no 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"82655","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MD","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"217 SOUTH ST BOX 211","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01050665","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N153M","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2011,"zip":"21654"}