{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1956-07-16","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2004-12-28","city":"LOCKPORT","country_code":"US","county_code":"197","cruise_speed_mph":86,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17008","engine_horsepower":85,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"C85 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-07","maker":"Luscombe","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"LUSCOMBE","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"8190112","mode_s_code":"50302216","mode_s_hex":"A1848E","model":"8E","n_number":"N1970K","name":"BENTLEY ROBERT H","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Joliet","damage":"SUBS","date":"2004-06-12","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"CHI04CA153","probable_cause":"The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for takeoff and the subsequent failure to maintain aircraft control during the encounter with the standing water.  Contributing factors were the standing water and the soft runway condition.","registration":"N1970K","state":"IL","summary":"Accident on June 12, 2004 at Joliet, IL: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N1970K is a Luscombe 8E, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1947. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lockport, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 28, 2004 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 16, 1956.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Bentley Robert H, an individual, certificate issued December 28, 2004, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 16, 1956, 9 years after the 1947 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 4697 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N1970K 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 N1970K: Accident on June 12, 2004 at Joliet, IL: 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"4697","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"526 JAQUAYS","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00103050","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N1970K","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1947,"zip":"60441"}