{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2017-02-02","airworthiness_ops":"Exhibition","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2020-12-12","city":"WINTER HAVEN","country_code":"US","county_code":"105","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"06401","engine_horsepower":56,"engine_maker":"AUSTRO","engine_model":"IAE 50R-AA","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"gliders","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-07","maker":"Alexander Schleicher","maker_country":"DE","maker_raw":"ALEXANDER SCHLEICHER GMBH & CO","maker_segment":"Electric glider","mfr_mdl_code":"3801549","mode_s_code":"50310517","mode_s_hex":"A1914F","model":"ASH 31 MI","n_number":"N20SW","name":"BUCHANAN ROGER N","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Winter Haven","damage":"SUBS","date":"2024-05-25","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"ERA24LA228","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to ensure that a suitable landing area was available in case the restart of the motor glider\u2019s engine was unsuccessful. Contributing, was insufficient battery charge to extend the motor glider\u2019s pylon assembly.","registration":"N20SW","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on May 25, 2024 at Winter Haven, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N20SW is an Alexander Schleicher ASH 31 MI, a glider with a rotary engine, built in 2017. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Winter Haven, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 12, 2020 and expires on December 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated February 2, 2017.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Buchanan Roger N, an individual, certificate issued December 12, 2020, expires December 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for exhibition, dated February 2, 2017, consistent with the 2017 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 31160 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N20SW was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Boeing 737-2H4 (serial 21337, cancelled June 21, 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 N20SW: Accident on May 25, 2024 at Winter Haven, FL: serious 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":1,"serial_number":"31160","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1400 N LAKE ELOISE DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"Rotary","type_engine_code":"11","unique_id":"01251880","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N20SW","watchlist_group":"Electric glider","watchlist_note":"AS 33 ME","weight_class":"","year_mfr":2017,"zip":"338841998"}