{"airworthiness_class":"Light sport","airworthiness_date":"2023-09-01","airworthiness_ops":"Glider","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-11-12","city":"CEDAR PARK","country_code":"US","county_code":"491","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55599","engine_horsepower":100,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"912ULS2","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2032-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"gliders","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-11-12","maker":"Pipistrel","maker_country":"SI","maker_raw":"PIPISTREL D O O","maker_segment":"Piloted electric and eVTOL","mfr_mdl_code":"06001C8","mode_s_code":"50364317","mode_s_hex":"A1E8CF","model":"SINUS 912","n_number":"N222DW","name":"FRIESZ RUSSELL A","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Weaverville","damage":"SUBS","date":"2011-05-27","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"WPR11FA239","probable_cause":"The student pilot's decision to fly in windy conditions that exceeded his capabilities, which resulted in his subsequent loss of helicopter control. Contributing to the accident was his lack of flight experience in the accident helicopter.","registration":"N222DW","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on May 27, 2011 at Weaverville, CA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N222DW is a Pipistrel SINUS 912, a glider with a four-stroke engine, built in 2023. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Cedar Park, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 12, 2025 and expires on November 30, 2032. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for glider, dated September 1, 2023.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Friesz Russell A, an individual, certificate issued November 12, 2025, expires November 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Light sport certificate for glider, dated September 1, 2023, consistent with the 2023 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1138 SFNM 912 LSA for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N222DW was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Brantly B-2 (serial 181, cancelled October 6, 2017). 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 N222DW: Accident on May 27, 2011 at Weaverville, CA: fatal, substantial damage (1 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":"1138 SFNM 912 LSA","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"109 MCBRIDE LN","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"01417011","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N222DW","watchlist_group":"Electric airplane","watchlist_note":"Velis Electro, the first type-certified electric airplane, Slovenia","weight_class":"","year_mfr":2023,"zip":"786137417"}