{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2018-03-28","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2022-12-28","city":"OAK POINT","country_code":"US","county_code":"121","cruise_speed_mph":85,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41506","engine_horsepower":140,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-290 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-22","maker":"Burt","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BURT","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05601D0","mode_s_code":"50173336","mode_s_hex":"A0F6DE","model":"SPECIAL MODEL A","n_number":"N161RB","name":"JONES ANTHONY M","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"PAGOSA SPRINGS","damage":"DEST","date":"2001-09-24","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"DEN01FA161","probable_cause":"the flight crews' intentional low altitude flight, and failure to maintain obstacle clearance.","registration":"N161RB","state":"CO","summary":"Accident on September 24, 2001 at Pagosa Springs, CO: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N161RB is a Burt SPECIAL MODEL A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1961. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Oak Point, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 28, 2022 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 28, 2018.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Jones Anthony M, an individual, certificate issued December 28, 2022, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 28, 2018, 57 years after the 1961 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 RB2 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N161RB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 (serial 31-7952097, cancelled December 30, 2002). 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 N161RB: Accident on September 24, 2001 at Pagosa Springs, CO: 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"RB2","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"105 RAVINIA CT","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00743344","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N161RB","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1961,"zip":"750686152"}