{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2004-07-26","airworthiness_ops":"Operating kit-built aircraft","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2004-09-15","city":"FORT BRAGG","country_code":"US","county_code":"051","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41508","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-320 SERIES","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":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-05","maker":"Forbes William E","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"FORBES WILLIAM E","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05602QY","mode_s_code":"50170517","mode_s_hex":"A0F14F","model":"RUTAN LONG EZE","n_number":"N16WF","name":"SNADECKI ERIC A","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Albuquerque","damage":"SUBS","date":"2005-08-07","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"DEN05LA123","probable_cause":"a total electrical failure due to a short in the master relay, causing the main fuse to open. Contributing factors included an inadequate electrical design by the airplane's builder, a low-output alternator, a cement wall, and unsuitable terrain on which to make a forced landing.","registration":"N16WF","state":"NM","summary":"Accident on August 7, 2005 at Albuquerque, NM: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N16WF is a Forbes William E RUTAN LONG EZE, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1996. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 15, 2004 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for operating kit-built aircraft, dated July 26, 2004.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Snadecki Eric A, an individual, certificate issued September 15, 2004, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 26, 2004, 8 years after the 1996 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 049 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N16WF was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Howe David EVANS VP-1 (serial V383DH, cancelled October 4, 1990). 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 N16WF: Accident on August 7, 2005 at Albuquerque, NM: 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":"049","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NC","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"2851 COMPASS CT APT 202","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00865801","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N16WF","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1996,"zip":"283072224"}