{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2015-08-14","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2019-01-03","city":"WASILLA","country_code":"US","county_code":"290","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17404","engine_horsepower":100,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"O-200A","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-07","maker":"Jim Riggs","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"JIM RIGGS","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05634CZ","mode_s_code":"50156252","mode_s_hex":"A0DCAA","model":"AK RIDGE RUNNER","n_number":"N1549M","name":"RIGGS JAMES C","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Wasilla","damage":"SUBS","date":"2016-04-23","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC16LA021","probable_cause":"The loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the airframe and engine did not reveal any mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.","registration":"N1549M","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on April 23, 2016 at Wasilla, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N1549M is a Jim Riggs AK RIDGE RUNNER, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wasilla, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 3, 2019 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 14, 2015.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Riggs James C, an individual, certificate issued January 3, 2019, expires January 31, 2029. 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":"N1549M was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Stinson L-5E (serial 4418072, cancelled July 11, 1980). 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":"1 NTSB record under N1549M: Accident on April 23, 2016 at Wasilla, AK: 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":"Alaskan","region_code":"5","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"001","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"7067 S HANGAR TALK CIR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01179170","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N1549M","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"996230314"}