{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1970-11-23","airworthiness_ops":"Normal; Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2022-08-20","city":"ARCADIA","country_code":"US","county_code":"027","cruise_speed_mph":107,"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":"2029-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-25","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7102802","mode_s_code":"50231371","mode_s_hex":"A132F9","model":"PA-28-140","n_number":"N1768T","name":"BUTLER THOMAS E","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Columbia","damage":"SUBS","date":"2007-06-23","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI07LA179","probable_cause":"The certified flight instructor's (CFI's) inadequate preflight planning/preparation of a test altitude that would afford an on airport landing in the event of engine power loss.  Additional causes were the CFI not flying a traffic pattern that would allow for an on airport landing should an engine power loss occur, the partial fuel system obstruction, and the inadequate maintenance by the mechanic.  Contributing factors were the improperly serviced fuel selector and the low altitude at the time of engine power loss.","registration":"N1768T","state":"IL","summary":"Accident on June 23, 2007 at Columbia, IL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N1768T is a Piper PA-28-140, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1970. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Arcadia, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 20, 2022 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated November 23, 1970.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Butler Thomas E, an individual, certificate issued August 20, 2022, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated November 23, 1970, consistent with the 1970 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-7125087 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N1768T according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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 N1768T: Accident on June 23, 2007 at Columbia, IL: 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":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":4,"serial_number":"28-7125087","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"7192 NW COUNTY ROAD 661","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00052440","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N1768T","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1970,"zip":"342668232"}