{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2018-06-23","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2021-10-30","city":"","country_code":"","county_code":"","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"42123","engine_horsepower":150,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"O-320-E2D","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-9A","last_action_date":"2023-06-16","maker":"Burgos Ricardo","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BURGOS RICARDO","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05637HN","mode_s_code":"50354312","mode_s_hex":"A1D8CA","model":"RV-9A","n_number":"N218S","name":"","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"FT MYERS","damage":"SUBS","date":"1998-12-09","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ATL99LA032","probable_cause":"The inadequate preflight inspection of the airplane by the pilot and subsequent malfunction of the nose gear strut, and the pilot's failure to follow the landing checklist.","registration":"N218S","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on December 9, 1998 at Ft Myers, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N218S is a Burgos Ricardo RV-9A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2018. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an owner whose details are withheld at their request. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 30, 2021 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 23, 2018.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to an owner whose details are withheld, an individual, certificate issued October 30, 2021, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated June 23, 2018, consistent with the 2018 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 90187 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N218S was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 310C (serial 35963, cancelled September 21, 2012); Silvey GYROCOPTER (serial 1, cancelled June 29, 1970). 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 N218S: Accident on December 9, 1998 at Ft Myers, FL: 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":"","region_code":"","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"90187","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01272730","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N218S","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2018,"zip":""}