{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2011-02-26","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2016-07-23","city":"HOT SPRINGS","country_code":"US","county_code":"051","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17045","engine_horsepower":210,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"IO-360","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-8A","last_action_date":"2023-08-18","maker":"Smart R/Bell G","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SMART R/BELL G","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05630LD","mode_s_code":"50443230","mode_s_hex":"A24698","model":"RV8A","n_number":"N246DD","name":"SMART ROGER M","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N246DD is a Smart R/Bell G RV8A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2011. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 23, 2016 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated February 26, 2011.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Smart Roger M, an individual, certificate issued July 23, 2016, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated February 26, 2011, consistent with the 2011 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 82884 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N246DD was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna T210L (serial 21061522, cancelled March 10, 2005). 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":"No NTSB investigation records located under N246DD. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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":"82884","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AR","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"326 HIDEAWAY HILLS DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"01064036","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N246DD","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2011,"zip":"719018842"}