{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1969-05-27","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2009-07-09","city":"SAN ANTONIO","country_code":"US","county_code":"029","cruise_speed_mph":90,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17003","engine_horsepower":65,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"A&C65 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-01","maker":"Aeronca","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"AERONCA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2110102","mode_s_code":"50363747","mode_s_hex":"A1E7E7","model":"7AC","n_number":"N2216E","name":"HICKS JAMES R","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"MEDFORD","damage":"DEST","date":"1992-12-05","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"SEA93FA029","probable_cause":"THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE FROM WIRES WHILE BUZZING.","registration":"N2216E","state":"OR","summary":"Accident on December 5, 1992 at Medford, OR: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N2216E is an Aeronca 7AC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in San Antonio, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 9, 2009 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated May 27, 1969.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Hicks James R, an individual, certificate issued July 9, 2009, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 27, 1969, 23 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 7AC-5790 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N2216E 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 N2216E: Accident on December 5, 1992 at Medford, OR: 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"7AC-5790","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1746 COPPERFIELD RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00041762","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N2216E","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1946,"zip":"782513115"}