{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1961-02-15","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2018-10-25","city":"BELLINGHAM","country_code":"US","county_code":"073","cruise_speed_mph":141,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17026","engine_horsepower":230,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"O-470 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-06-16","maker":"Beech","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BEECH","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1152006","mode_s_code":"50516273","mode_s_hex":"A29CBB","model":"A45","n_number":"N268AF","name":"APOGEE FLIGHT INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Deer Harbor","damage":"SUBS","date":"2024-06-07","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"WPR24FA184","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s decision to perform an aerobatic maneuver at low level, and his misjudged entry altitude for the maneuver, which resulted in impact with water.","registration":"N268AF","state":"WA","summary":"Accident on June 7, 2024 at Deer Harbor, WA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N268AF is a Beech A45, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1961. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Apogee Flight INC, a corporation in Bellingham, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 25, 2018 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated February 15, 1961.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Apogee Flight INC, a corporation, certificate issued October 25, 2018, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate, dated February 15, 1961, consistent with the 1961 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial G-828 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N268AF was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1C-180 (serial 3268, cancelled August 23, 2017). 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 N268AF: Accident on June 7, 2024 at Deer Harbor, WA: 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":2,"serial_number":"G-828","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"WA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"2950 NEWMARKET ST # 101-133","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00732367","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N268AF","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1961,"zip":"982263872"}