{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1998-07-02","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2011-04-13","city":"WILMINGTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"003","cruise_speed_mph":150,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"99999","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"AMA/EXPR","engine_model":"UNKNOWN ENG","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-twins","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-01-22","maker":"Grumman","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"GRUMMAN","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"3951204","mode_s_code":"50333451","mode_s_hex":"A1B729","model":"G-21A","n_number":"N21A","name":"D B AERO INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Marathon","damage":"SUBS","date":"2008-01-29","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"MIA08LA048","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to maintain control of the airplane during a water landing.","registration":"N21A","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on January 29, 2008 at Marathon, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Northway","damage":"SUBS","date":"2002-06-17","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC02LA052","probable_cause":"The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during the landing roll, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop/swerve.  A factor associated with the accident was a crosswind.","registration":"N21A","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on June 17, 2002 at Northway, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N21A is a Grumman G-21A, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 8 seats. It is registered to D B Aero INC, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 13, 2011 and expires on April 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 2, 1998.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to D B Aero INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 13, 2011, expires April 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 2, 1998, 52 years after the 1946 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 B129 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N21A was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Andrew KR-1 (serial 001GA, cancelled January 15, 1999); Goodyear Aircraft Corp L (serial L11, cancelled November 23, 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":"2 NTSB records under N21A: Accident on January 29, 2008 at Marathon, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 17, 2002 at Northway, AK: 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":8,"serial_number":"B129","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"DE","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"3511 SILVERSIDE RD STE 105","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00827231","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N21A","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1946,"zip":"198104902"}