{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1979-02-28","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2017-03-02","city":"ORMOND BEACH","country_code":"US","county_code":"127","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41514","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"O&VO-360 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-twins","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-10-13","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7104402","mode_s_code":"50353125","mode_s_hex":"A1D655","model":"PA-44-180","n_number":"N2173S","name":"SUNRISE AVIATION INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Marineland","damage":"DEST","date":"2017-07-14","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"WPR17FA151","probable_cause":"A loss of control in flight for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information, which resulted in an in-flight breakup.","registration":"N2173S","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on July 14, 2017 at Marineland, FL: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Lumberton","damage":"SUBS","date":"2007-06-07","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"NYC07CA133","probable_cause":"The flight instructor's improper decision to simulate an engine failure in the traffic pattern by cutting off fuel to the engine, and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control during an aborted landing.","registration":"N2173S","state":"NJ","summary":"Accident on June 7, 2007 at Lumberton, NJ: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N2173S is a Piper PA-44-180, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Sunrise Aviation INC, a corporation in Ormond Beach, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 2, 2017 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 28, 1979.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Sunrise Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 2, 2017, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated February 28, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 44-7995245 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N2173S 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":"2 NTSB records under N2173S: Accident on July 14, 2017 at Marineland, FL: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Accident on June 7, 2007 at Lumberton, NJ: no 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":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":4,"serial_number":"44-7995245","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"740 AIRPORT RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00911572","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N2173S","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1979,"zip":"321748755"}