{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1982-09-30","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-06-23","city":"SANTA BARBARA","country_code":"US","county_code":"083","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17019","engine_horsepower":225,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"TSIO-360 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2033-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-06-23","maker":"Mooney Aircraft Corp.","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP.","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"5870220","mode_s_code":"50406527","mode_s_hex":"A20D57","model":"M20K","n_number":"N231MN","name":"MACAIR LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Vero Beach","damage":"SUBS","date":"2014-08-23","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ERA14CA420","probable_cause":"The failure of the pilot and personnel from the fixed base operator to assure the correct ground power unit was utilized to provide external power, resulting in damage to the aircraft's electrical wiring and subsequent damage to structure adjacent to the aircraft's battery.","registration":"N231MN","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on August 23, 2014 at Vero Beach, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N231MN is a Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Macair LLC, an LLC in Santa Barbara, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 23, 2026 and expires on June 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 30, 1982.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Macair LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 23, 2026, expires June 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 25-0717 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N231MN 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 N231MN: Accident on August 23, 2014 at Vero Beach, FL: 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":4,"serial_number":"25-0717","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1066 DIAMOND CREST CT","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00182132","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N231MN","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"931102071"}