{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2007-01-25","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2017-05-04","city":"LITTLEROCK","country_code":"US","county_code":"067","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"42284","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"O-360-C1G","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-01-22","maker":"American Champion Aircraft","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2121004","mode_s_code":"50347750","mode_s_hex":"A1CFE8","model":"8GCBC","n_number":"N216BC","name":"BELL WENDELL D","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"FORT SMITH","damage":"SUBS","date":"2000-04-29","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"SEA00FA080","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the terrain. Factors include low ceilings, snow, rain, and rising, mountainous/hilly terrain.","registration":"N216BC","state":"MT","summary":"Accident on April 29, 2000 at Fort Smith, MT: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N216BC is an American Champion Aircraft 8GCBC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2007. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Littlerock, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 4, 2017 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 25, 2007.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Bell Wendell D, an individual, certificate issued May 4, 2017, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated January 25, 2007, consistent with the 2007 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 493-2007 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N216BC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-32-300 (serial 32-40135, cancelled November 17, 2000). 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 N216BC: Accident on April 29, 2000 at Fort Smith, MT: 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":3,"serial_number":"493-2007","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"WA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 22","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00302309","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N216BC","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2007,"zip":"985560022"}