{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2025-12-17","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2021-04-14","city":"CLEARWATER","country_code":"US","county_code":"103","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"42150","engine_horsepower":160,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"O-320-D2A","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"STODDARD HAMILTON AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"GLASTAR","last_action_date":"2023-05-05","maker":"David Fulper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"DAVID FULPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"0563947","mode_s_code":"50172660","mode_s_hex":"A0F5B0","model":"FULPER GLASTAR","n_number":"N161D","name":"FULPER LESTER D","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Oso","damage":"SUBS","date":"2004-04-02","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"SEA04LA063","probable_cause":"The pilot of the Glaser-Dirks (lead glider) failure to maintain clearance form the Glasflugel (trailing glider) resulting in a mid-air collision while maneuvering.","registration":"N161D","state":"WA","summary":"Accident on April 2, 2004 at Oso, WA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N161D is a David Fulper FULPER GLASTAR, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2024. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Clearwater, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 14, 2021 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated December 17, 2025.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Fulper Lester D, an individual, certificate issued April 14, 2021, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated December 17, 2025, consistent with the 2024 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5745 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N161D was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Glasflugel STD LIBELLE 201B (serial 22, cancelled June 5, 2015). 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 N161D: Accident on April 2, 2004 at Oso, WA: fatal, substantial damage (1 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":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"5745","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"2402 NURSERY RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01339732","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N161D","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2024,"zip":"337642749"}