{"airworthiness_class":"Light sport","airworthiness_date":"2025-03-17","airworthiness_ops":"Airplane","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-07-15","city":"SHERIDAN","country_code":"US","county_code":"033","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55599","engine_horsepower":100,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"912ULS2","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2032-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":1,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-02-18","maker":"Direct Fly S R O","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"DIRECT FLY S R O","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"06001C4","mode_s_code":"50466731","mode_s_hex":"A26DD9","model":"ALTO NG","n_number":"N256AS","name":"FOURTH MAN IN THE FIRE LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"CARROLLTON","damage":"DEST","date":"1995-08-21","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"DCA95MA054","probable_cause":"the in-flight fatigue fracture and separation of a propeller blade resulting in distortion of the left engine nacelle, causing excessive drag, loss of wing lift, and reduced directional control of the airplane.  The fracture was caused by a fatigue crack from multiple corrosion pits that were not discovered by Hamilton Standard because of inadequate and ineffective corporate inspection and repair techniques, training, documentation, and communications.  Contributing to the accident was Hamilton Standard's and FAA's failure to require recurrent on-wing ultrasonic inspections of the affected propellers.  Contributing to the severity of the accident was the overcast cloud ceiling at the accident site.","registration":"N256AS","state":"GA","summary":"Accident on August 21, 1995 at Carrollton, GA: fatal, destroyed (8 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N256AS is a Direct Fly S R O ALTO NG, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2025. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Fourth Man In The Fire LLC, an LLC in Sheridan, Wyoming. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 15, 2025 and expires on July 31, 2032. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated March 17, 2025.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Fourth Man In The Fire LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 15, 2025, expires July 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Light sport certificate for airplane, dated March 17, 2025, consistent with the 2025 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial DF227 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N256AS was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Demond Kent K H-3 PEGASUS (serial 9006, cancelled January 12, 2018); Embraer EMB-120 (serial 120122, cancelled November 15, 1995). 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 N256AS: Accident on August 21, 1995 at Carrollton, GA: fatal, destroyed (8 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":2,"serial_number":"DF227","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"WY","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1309 COFFEEN AVE # 1200","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"01489265","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N256AS","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2025,"zip":"828015777"}