{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-06-23","city":"VALLEY SPRINGS","country_code":"US","county_code":"099","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2030-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"DAKOTA CUB AIRCRAFT","kit_model":"S18-180 AGGRESSOR","last_action_date":"2023-06-23","maker":"Mark D Erickson","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"MARK D ERICKSON","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05641WC","mode_s_code":"50404630","mode_s_hex":"A20998","model":"S18-180","n_number":"N230ME","name":"ERICKSON MARK D","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Palatka","damage":"SUBS","date":"2008-06-03","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"NYC08LA202","probable_cause":"A partial loss of engine power due to a blockage of the engine exhaust system as a result of an internal failure of the muffler.","registration":"N230ME","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on June 3, 2008 at Palatka, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N230ME is a Mark D Erickson S18-180, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Valley Springs, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 23, 2023 and expires on June 30, 2030. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Erickson Mark D, an individual, certificate issued June 23, 2023, expires June 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2018-001 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N230ME was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-28R-201T (serial 28R7803312, cancelled May 26, 2010). 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 N230ME: Accident on June 3, 2008 at Palatka, FL: minor 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":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"2018-001","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"SD","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"48473 262ND ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01409955","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N230ME","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"570686730"}