{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1998-09-08","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2017-09-12","city":"AUBURN","country_code":"US","county_code":"011","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41533","engine_horsepower":310,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"TI0-540 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-09-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-03-17","maker":"Helmetag Roy W","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"HELMETAG ROY W","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05605I7","mode_s_code":"50476523","mode_s_hex":"A27D53","model":"GLASSAIR III","n_number":"N26H","name":"RIESTER BERNARD J JR DBA","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Aurora","damage":"SUBS","date":"2006-05-07","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI06CA126","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll.  A contributing factor was the airport sign impacted during the runway excursion.","registration":"N26H","state":"IL","summary":"Accident on May 7, 2006 at Aurora, IL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"FINGER LAKES AVIATION","plain_english":"N26H is a Helmetag Roy W GLASSAIR III, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1998. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Auburn, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 12, 2017 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 8, 1998.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Riester Bernard J JR DBA, an individual, certificate issued September 12, 2017, expires September 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated September 8, 1998, consistent with the 1998 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3170 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N26H was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Bell 47B3 (serial 71, cancelled November 29, 1951); Curtiss Wright ROBIN (serial 369, cancelled February 17, 1935). 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 N26H: Accident on May 7, 2006 at Aurora, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"3170","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NY","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1533 CLARK STREET RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00746821","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N26H","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1998,"zip":"130219526"}