{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1988-12-08","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2010-12-01","city":"TRAVERSE CITY","country_code":"US","county_code":"055","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"01514","engine_horsepower":904,"engine_maker":"AIRESEARCH","engine_model":"TPE331 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"turboprops","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-11-21","maker":"Fairchild","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"FAIRCHILD","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"3377509","mode_s_code":"50166264","mode_s_hex":"A0ECB4","model":"SA227-AC","n_number":"N159MC","name":"GAS/WILSON INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"BEMIDJI","damage":"","date":"1995-12-28","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI96IA066","probable_cause":"inadequate maintenance installation and inspection of the elevator flight control system which led to restricted flight control elevator movement due to a loose bolt.","registration":"N159MC","state":"MN","summary":"Incident on December 28, 1995 at Bemidji, MN: no injuries.","type":"INC"},{"city":"ATLANTIC CITY","damage":"SUBS","date":"1991-09-29","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"NYC91LA248","probable_cause":"A FAILURE OF THE DOWN LOCK ROLLER BEARINGS OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, AS THE RESULT OF AN IMPROPER MODIFICATION.","registration":"N159MC","state":"NJ","summary":"Accident on September 29, 1991 at Atlantic City, NJ: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N159MC is a Fairchild SA227-AC, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines. It has 12 seats. It is registered to Gas/Wilson INC, a corporation in Traverse City, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 1, 2010 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 8, 1988.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Gas/Wilson INC, a corporation, certificate issued December 1, 2010, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; 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 AC-728B for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N159MC 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 N159MC: Incident on December 28, 1995 at Bemidji, MN: no injuries. Accident on September 29, 1991 at Atlantic City, NJ: 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":12,"serial_number":"AC-728B","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MI","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 2302","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Turboprop","type_engine_code":"2","unique_id":"00824351","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N159MC","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"496852302"}