{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2000-06-21","airworthiness_ops":"Glider","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2024-01-16","city":"GRANBURY","country_code":"US","county_code":"221","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"00000","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"NONE","engine_model":"NONE","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2031-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"gliders","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-01-16","maker":"Schempp-Hirth","maker_country":"DE","maker_raw":"SCHEMPP-HIRTH","maker_segment":"Electric glider","mfr_mdl_code":"3802053","mode_s_code":"50170151","mode_s_hex":"A0F069","model":"VENTUS-2B","n_number":"N16MA","name":"KEIL CARL","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"PENSACOLA","damage":"SUBS","date":"1998-01-12","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"MIA98LA059","probable_cause":"the pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision and failure to see-and-avoid an obstruction during a precautionary landing on a paved road.  Factors relating to the accident were: the resultant low fuel condition, and an obstruction in the precautionary landing area.","registration":"N16MA","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on January 12, 1998 at Pensacola, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N16MA is a Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2B, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Granbury, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 16, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated June 21, 2000.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Keil Carl, an individual, certificate issued January 16, 2024, expires January 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for glider; 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 104 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N16MA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Valentin Gmbh TAIFUN 17E (serial 1039, cancelled April 14, 1998). 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 N16MA: Accident on January 12, 1998 at Pensacola, FL: 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"104","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"9609 TAXIWAY DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00325840","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N16MA","watchlist_group":"Electric glider","watchlist_note":"Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch","weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"760494473"}