{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1979-03-30","airworthiness_ops":"Normal; Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1984-01-30","city":"BLOOMINGTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"053","cruise_speed_mph":105,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41514","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"O&VO-360 SER","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":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7102807","mode_s_code":"50365767","mode_s_hex":"A1EBF7","model":"PA-28-181","n_number":"N2228Z","name":"THUNDERBIRD AIRCRAFT CO","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"GLENCOE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1997-08-08","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI97LA253","probable_cause":"failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve and subsequent collision with trees.  Factors associated with the accident were: the crosswind, and proximity of trees.","registration":"N2228Z","state":"MN","summary":"Accident on August 8, 1997 at Glencoe, MN: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N2228Z is a Piper PA-28-181, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Thunderbird Aircraft CO, a corporation in Bloomington, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 30, 1984 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 30, 1979.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Thunderbird Aircraft CO, a corporation, certificate issued January 30, 1984, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated March 30, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-7990408 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N2228Z 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 N2228Z: Accident on August 8, 1997 at Glencoe, MN: 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":4,"serial_number":"28-7990408","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1600 W 82ND ST STE 100","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00101852","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N2228Z","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1979,"zip":"554311411"}