{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"Racing","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"","city":"OKLAHOMA CITY","country_code":"US","county_code":"109","cruise_speed_mph":60,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"00000","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"NONE","engine_model":"NONE","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"gliders","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"1977-01-14","maker":"Arlington","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"ARLINGTON","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"0780132","mode_s_code":"50457664","mode_s_hex":"A25FB4","model":"SISU 1A","n_number":"N252J","name":"SALE REPORTED","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Sanford","damage":"SUBS","date":"2012-05-24","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ERA12CA361","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to ensure that the landing gear was retracted for the water landing.","registration":"N252JB","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on May 24, 2012 at Sanford, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"BORREGO SPRINGS","damage":"SUBS","date":"1988-10-15","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"LAX89DUM01","probable_cause":"","registration":"N252JB","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on October 15, 1988 at Borrego Springs, CA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N252J is an Arlington SISU 1A, a glider with no engine, built in 1964. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The FAA lists the registration as \"sale reported\". It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing.","records_check":[{"finding":"Registration status is \"Sale reported\". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for racing; the FAA file gives no certificate date.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"This airframe (serial 105) previously flew as N252JB. N252JB cancelled December 6, 1988. The conveyance sequence lives in the FAA aircraft records file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N252J 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":"2 NTSB records under N252JB: Accident on May 24, 2012 at Sanford, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 15, 1988 at Borrego Springs, CA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"105","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"OK","status":"Sale reported","status_code":"7","status_short":"Sale reported","street":"P. O. BOX 25082","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00055068","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N252J","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1964,"zip":"73125"}