{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1964-05-15","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1996-11-08","city":"GETTYSBURG","country_code":"US","county_code":"001","cruise_speed_mph":106,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17011","engine_horsepower":125,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"C125 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-22","maker":"Davis","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"DAVIS","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2740504","mode_s_code":"50165015","mode_s_hex":"A0EA0D","model":"D-1-K","n_number":"N158Y","name":"MACHAMER JOHN K","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"EAST HADDAM","damage":"SUBS","date":"1994-05-15","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"NYC94LA080","probable_cause":"THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN THE PROPER GLIDEPATH DURING LANDING APPROACH.","registration":"N158Y","state":"CT","summary":"Accident on May 15, 1994 at East Haddam, CT: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"CHESTER","damage":"SUBS","date":"1991-09-29","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"NYC91LA249","probable_cause":"IMPROPER MAINTENANCE ON THE ENGINE WHICH RESULTED IN A POWER LOSS DUE TO A STUCK EXHAUST VALVE AND SUBSEQUENT FORCED LANDING IN UNSUITABLE TERRAIN.","registration":"N158Y","state":"CT","summary":"Accident on September 29, 1991 at Chester, CT: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N158Y is a Davis D-1-K, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1930. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 8, 1996 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated May 15, 1964.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Machamer John K, an individual, certificate issued November 8, 1996, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 15, 1964, 34 years after the 1930 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 508 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N158Y 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 N158Y: Accident on May 15, 1994 at East Haddam, CT: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 29, 1991 at Chester, CT: 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":"508","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"PA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"160 COLD SPRING RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00401320","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N158Y","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1930,"zip":"173257334"}