{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2020-07-13","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2019-12-30","city":"ASTORIA","country_code":"US","county_code":"007","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"01310","engine_horsepower":205,"engine_maker":"AEROSPORT","engine_model":"IO-375-B1B","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-8","last_action_date":"2023-09-22","maker":"Lewis Michael S","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"LEWIS MICHAEL S","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056381M","mode_s_code":"50376040","mode_s_hex":"A1FC20","model":"RV-8","n_number":"N227ML","name":"LEWIS MICHAEL S","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Somerset","damage":"SUBS","date":"2010-01-02","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ERA10LA103","probable_cause":"Damaged wiring in the nosewheel steering harness, which resulted in a loss of control during landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilots' improper touchdown point.","registration":"N227ML","state":"KY","summary":"Accident on January 2, 2010 at Somerset, KY: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N227ML is a Lewis Michael S RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2020. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Astoria, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 30, 2019 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 13, 2020.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Lewis Michael S, an individual, certificate issued December 30, 2019, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated July 13, 2020, consistent with the 2020 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 83440 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N227ML 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 N227ML: Accident on January 2, 2010 at Somerset, KY: 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"83440","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"OR","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"260 W IRVING AVE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01310116","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N227ML","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2020,"zip":"971036420"}