{"airworthiness_class":"Light sport","airworthiness_date":"2023-06-27","airworthiness_ops":"Airplane","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-05-09","city":"ROCKWOOD","country_code":"US","county_code":"145","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55593","engine_horsepower":100,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"912 IS","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":1,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-09","maker":"Pphu Ekolot","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PPHU EKOLOT","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"060008B","mode_s_code":"50306366","mode_s_hex":"A18CF6","model":"KR-030 TOPAZ","n_number":"N1997Q","name":"SKYBISZ KEITH R","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"CHIPLEY","damage":"SUBS","date":"2000-04-03","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"MIA00FA126","probable_cause":"The failure of the pilot to maintain runway alignment during the initial climb from the grass airstrip.  Also, the excessive pull-up by the pilot and inadvertent stall.  Findings in the investigation were 1) in-flight collision with the tops of trees and 2) the pilot's operation of the airplane into a grass airstrip contrary to the operator's procedures.","registration":"N1997Q","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on April 3, 2000 at Chipley, FL: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N1997Q is a Pphu Ekolot KR-030 TOPAZ, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2022. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Rockwood, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 9, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated June 27, 2023.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Skybisz Keith R, an individual, certificate issued May 9, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Light sport certificate for airplane, dated June 27, 2023, consistent with the 2022 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 30-13-09 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N1997Q was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 172S (serial 172S10022, cancelled November 28, 2005); Cessna 177RG (serial 177RG0397, cancelled September 13, 2001). 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 N1997Q: Accident on April 3, 2000 at Chipley, FL: fatal, substantial damage (1 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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"30-13-09","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"118 TURKEY RDG","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"01389096","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N1997Q","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2022,"zip":"378545550"}