{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2002-10-29","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2007-07-13","city":"SAINT GERMAIN","country_code":"US","county_code":"125","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"99999","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"AMA/EXPR","engine_model":"UNKNOWN ENG","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"RANS INC","kit_model":"RANS S-7","last_action_date":"2023-04-01","maker":"Smith Kenneth S","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SMITH KENNETH S","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05613XS","mode_s_code":"50321611","mode_s_hex":"A1A389","model":"RANS S-7","n_number":"N2042M","name":"STITT GORDON C","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N2042M is a Smith Kenneth S RANS S-7, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2002. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Saint Germain, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 13, 2007 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 29, 2002.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Stitt Gordon C, an individual, certificate issued July 13, 2007, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated October 29, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 87016 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N2042M was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Phillips Robert T FLYBABY 1A (serial 613, cancelled June 30, 1999); Piper PA-28-161 (serial 287816239, cancelled October 3, 1988); Piper J3C-65 (serial 20809, cancelled October 6, 1955). 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":"No NTSB investigation records located under N2042M. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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":"87016","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"WI","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 112","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00183956","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N2042M","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2002,"zip":"545580112"}