{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2001-09-14","city":"MC ALPIN","country_code":"US","county_code":"121","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2028-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-19","maker":"Lester Robert E","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"LESTER ROBERT E","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"0561131","mode_s_code":"50215663","mode_s_hex":"A11BB3","model":"KR-2","n_number":"N1701L","name":"LESTER ROBERT E","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Boca Raton","damage":"SUBS","date":"2012-03-01","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ERA12CA198","probable_cause":"The failure of the airplane\u2019s engine air inlet system resulting in a total loss of engine power.","registration":"N1701L","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on March 1, 2012 at Boca Raton, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Vienna","damage":"SUBS","date":"2005-05-17","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"ATL05CA083","probable_cause":"A loss of engine power due to the owner/pilot mechanic's improper balancing of the modification to engine crankshaft which resulted in an overload failure.","registration":"N1701L","state":"GA","summary":"Accident on May 17, 2005 at Vienna, GA: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N1701L is a Lester Robert E KR-2, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Mc Alpin, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 14, 2001 and expires on June 30, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Lester Robert E, an individual, certificate issued September 14, 2001, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 4176 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N1701L was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Macchi LASA 60 (serial 6149, cancelled May 18, 1965); Grumman G-159 (serial 148, cancelled date not given). 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":"2 NTSB records under N1701L: Accident on March 1, 2012 at Boca Raton, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 17, 2005 at Vienna, GA: minor 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":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"4176","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"18055 77TH PL","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00123837","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N1701L","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"32062"}