{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2016-08-10","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2016-06-23","city":"EAGAN","country_code":"US","county_code":"123","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"51654","engine_horsepower":400,"engine_maker":"P & W","engine_model":"R-985-AN-14B","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-11","maker":"Dehavilland","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"DEHAVILLAND","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2808007","mode_s_code":"50354265","mode_s_hex":"A1D8B5","model":"DHC-2 MK.I","n_number":"N218RD","name":"SUNSET FLYING SERVICE LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Oak Island","damage":"MINR","date":"2021-05-22","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"CEN21LA244","probable_cause":"The failure of an O-ring in the landing gear system, which resulted in the inadvertent extension of the main wheel in the amphibious float. Contributing to the accident was the pilot\u2019s decision to depart with a known hydraulic leak in the landing gear system.","registration":"N218RD","state":"MN","summary":"Accident on May 22, 2021 at Oak Island, MN: serious injuries, minor damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N218RD is a Dehavilland DHC-2 MK.I, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1949. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Sunset Flying Service LLC, an LLC in Eagan, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 23, 2016 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 10, 2016.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Sunset Flying Service LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 23, 2016, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 10, 2016, 67 years after the 1949 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 50 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N218RD 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":"1 NTSB record under N218RD: Accident on May 22, 2021 at Oak Island, MN: serious injuries, minor 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":8,"serial_number":"50","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"837 APOLLO RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01201402","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N218RD","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1949,"zip":"551212243"}