{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1955-11-15","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2012-03-29","city":"FORT BRAGG","country_code":"US","county_code":"045","cruise_speed_mph":94,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41506","engine_horsepower":140,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-290 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-28","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7102002","mode_s_code":"50155544","mode_s_hex":"A0DB64","model":"PA-20","n_number":"N1540A","name":"MORRILL JOHN R","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"RIO VISTA","damage":"SUBS","date":"1998-08-16","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX98LA266","probable_cause":"Failure of the pilot to adequately compensate for the existing wind condition and maintain directional control on rollout.","registration":"N1540A","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on August 16, 1998 at Rio Vista, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"EASTON","damage":"SUBS","date":"1994-07-15","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"SEA94LA180","probable_cause":"THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. FACTORS INCLUDE SOFT, UNEVEN TERRAIN.","registration":"N1540A","state":"WA","summary":"Accident on July 15, 1994 at Easton, WA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N1540A is a Piper PA-20, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1951. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fort Bragg, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 29, 2012 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 15, 1955.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Morrill John R, an individual, certificate issued March 29, 2012, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 15, 1955, 4 years after the 1951 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 20-748 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N1540A 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":"2 NTSB records under N1540A: Accident on August 16, 1998 at Rio Vista, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 15, 1994 at Easton, WA: 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":4,"serial_number":"20-748","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"30260 N HIGHWAY 1","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00020890","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N1540A","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1951,"zip":"954379620"}