{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2016-08-17","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-12-12","city":"POPLAR GROVE","country_code":"US","county_code":"007","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"42414","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"YIO-360-M1B","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2032-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-7","last_action_date":"2025-12-12","maker":"Ruffatto Michael J","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"RUFFATTO MICHAEL J","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056343G","mode_s_code":"50403063","mode_s_hex":"A20633","model":"RV-7","n_number":"N23AM","name":"ZUBEK MARIUSZ","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Gaylord","damage":"DEST","date":"2001-05-22","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"CHI01LA140","probable_cause":"the pilot not maintaining directional control during the reported loss of number one engine power during initial climb and the pilot not following the airplane emergency procedure's corrective action for engine failure after lift-off, and the inadvertent stall/spin he encountered. Factors  were the high grass on the runway, the runway grass cutting maintenance not being performed by the pilot/airstrip owner, and the unsuitable terrain used by the pilot.","registration":"N23AM","state":"MI","summary":"Accident on May 22, 2001 at Gaylord, MI: minor injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N23AM is a Ruffatto Michael J RV-7, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2016. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Poplar Grove, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 12, 2025 and expires on December 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 17, 2016.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Zubek Mariusz, an individual, certificate issued December 12, 2025, expires December 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated August 17, 2016, consistent with the 2016 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 74167 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N23AM was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Beech 58 (serial TH-1497, cancelled January 23, 2002); Gates Learjet 25D (serial 223, cancelled February 6, 1980). 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 N23AM: Accident on May 22, 2001 at Gaylord, MI: minor injuries, destroyed. 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":"74167","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1020 BEECH BAY RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01215661","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N23AM","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2016,"zip":"610658242"}