{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2006-08-28","airworthiness_ops":"Registered before Jan 31, 2008","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2024-01-01","city":"WHEELWRIGHT","country_code":"US","county_code":"027","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"09050","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"BOMBARDIER","engine_model":"ROTAX (ALL)","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2031-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-01-01","maker":"Flightstar","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"FLIGHTSTAR","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"059008N","mode_s_code":"50162404","mode_s_hex":"A0E504","model":"IISC","n_number":"N157JM","name":"LAUB WILLIAM E JR","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"CRYSTAL RIVER","damage":"SUBS","date":"1992-11-25","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"MIA93LA022","probable_cause":"FAILURE OF AN UNKNOWN INDIVIDUAL TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPELLER WAS PROPERLY SECURED AFTER REMOVAL OF THE PROPELLER SPINNER, RESULTING IN SEPARATION OF ONE OF THE PROPELLER BLADES DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS UNSUITABLE TERRAIN ENCOUNTERED DURING THE FORCED LANDING.","registration":"N157JM","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on November 25, 1992 at Crystal River, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N157JM is a Flightstar IISC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wheelwright, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 1, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated August 28, 2006.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Laub William E JR, an individual, certificate issued January 1, 2024, expires January 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008; 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 151 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N157JM was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mason Jack A VELOCITY (serial DM099, cancelled June 7, 1995). 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 N157JM: Accident on November 25, 1992 at Crystal River, FL: minor 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":"New England","region_code":"E","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"151","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 198","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00280269","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N157JM","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"010940198"}