{"airworthiness_class":"Primary","airworthiness_date":"2024-02-16","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-08-12","city":"PHOENIX","country_code":"US","county_code":"013","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55620","engine_horsepower":135,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"915 IS","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2032-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"gyroplanes","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-08-12","maker":"Rotorsport Uk Ltd","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"ROTORSPORT UK LTD","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7980111","mode_s_code":"50162565","mode_s_hex":"A0E575","model":"CAVALON","n_number":"N157P","name":"GYRO-VENTURES LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Murrieta","damage":"SUBS","date":"2025-03-20","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"WPR25LA115","probable_cause":"The student pilot\u2019s failure to maintain adequate airspeed during an approach and subsequent descent into terrain. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot\u2019s failure to perform a go-around maneuver.","registration":"N157P","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on March 20, 2025 at Murrieta, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"AIRVILLE","damage":"DEST","date":"1989-04-12","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"NYC89GA116","probable_cause":"THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO SEE AND AVOID THE UNMARKED POWER LINES STRETCHED ACROSS THE RIVER. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE LACK OF VISUAL CLUES.","registration":"N157P","state":"PA","summary":"Accident on April 12, 1989 at Airville, PA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N157P is a Rotorsport Uk Ltd CAVALON, a gyroplane with a four-stroke engine, built in 2023. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Gyro-Ventures LLC, an LLC in Phoenix, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 12, 2025 and expires on August 31, 2032. It holds a primary airworthiness certificate, dated February 16, 2024.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Gyro-Ventures LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 12, 2025, expires August 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Primary certificate, dated February 16, 2024, consistent with the 2023 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial RSUK-V00548 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N157P was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bell 206B (serial 2771, cancelled June 28, 1989). 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 N157P: Accident on March 20, 2025 at Murrieta, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 12, 1989 at Airville, PA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). 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":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":2,"serial_number":"RSUK-V00548","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AZ","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"2509 W CANYON RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Gyroplane","type_aircraft_code":"9","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"01425428","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N157P","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2023,"zip":"850864715"}