{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1998-08-26","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1999-08-19","city":"TROY","country_code":"US","county_code":"125","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17019","engine_horsepower":225,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"TSIO-360 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-twins","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-19","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7103420","mode_s_code":"50360745","mode_s_hex":"A1E1E5","model":"PA-34-220T","n_number":"N220KC","name":"AVANTI AIR CO","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"HARTFORD","damage":"DEST","date":"1993-08-17","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"NYC93FA159","probable_cause":"FAILURE OF THE COPILOT (SECOND-IN-COMMAND) TO FOLLOW THE CHECKLIST, ASSURE THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED FOR LANDING AND ATTAIN OR MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED (VMC); AND FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) TO PROPERLY SUPERVISE THE FLIGHT AND TAKE SUFFICIENT REMEDIAL ACTION.","registration":"N220KC","state":"CT","summary":"Accident on August 17, 1993 at Hartford, CT: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N220KC is a Piper PA-34-220T, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1989. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Avanti Air CO, a corporation in Troy, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 19, 1999 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 26, 1998.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Avanti Air CO, a corporation, certificate issued August 19, 1999, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 26, 1998, 9 years after the 1989 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 3433137 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N220KC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Swearingen SA226TC (serial TC231, cancelled June 30, 1994). 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 N220KC: Accident on August 17, 1993 at Hartford, CT: fatal, destroyed (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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":7,"serial_number":"3433137","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MI","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"5800 CROOKS RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00244451","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N220KC","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1989,"zip":"480982830"}