{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1994-03-07","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2013-01-11","city":"BEMIDJI","country_code":"US","county_code":"007","cruise_speed_mph":174,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41546","engine_horsepower":400,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-720","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-twins","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-10-26","maker":"Beech","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BEECH","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1152804","mode_s_code":"50247642","mode_s_hex":"A14FA2","model":"65 (LF-23F)","n_number":"N184BA","name":"BEMIDJI AVIATION SERVICES INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Lake Berryessa","damage":"SUBS","date":"2017-05-08","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"WPR17FA101","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from terrain while maneuvering at a low altitude. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's mistaken entry into a canyon surrounded by steep rising terrain while at a low altitude for reasons that could not be determined.","registration":"N184BA","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on May 8, 2017 at Lake Berryessa, CA: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N184BA is a Beech 65 (LF-23F), a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1962. It has 9 seats. It is registered to Bemidji Aviation Services INC, a corporation in Bemidji, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 11, 2013 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 7, 1994.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Bemidji Aviation Services INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 11, 2013, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 7, 1994, 32 years after the 1962 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 LF-68 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N184BA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Icon Aircraft Inc A5 (serial 00007, cancelled August 25, 2017). 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 N184BA: Accident on May 8, 2017 at Lake Berryessa, CA: fatal, substantial damage (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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":9,"serial_number":"LF-68","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"4125 HANGAR DR NW","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00724362","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N184BA","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1962,"zip":"566016243"}