{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1997-12-05","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2014-02-06","city":"HERMON","country_code":"US","county_code":"019","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41532","engine_horsepower":250,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-540 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-02-28","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-01-22","maker":"Reims Aviation","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"REIMS AVIATION","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7530304","mode_s_code":"50540175","mode_s_hex":"A2C07D","model":"CESSNA FR182","n_number":"N277A","name":"SPROUL WENDELL C","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"GRAND TURK ISL.","damage":"DEST","date":"1989-08-03","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"MIA89WA212","probable_cause":null,"registration":"N277A","state":"","summary":"Accident on August 3, 1989 at Grand Turk Isl.: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N277A is a Reims Aviation CESSNA FR182, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hermon, Maine. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 6, 2014 and expires on February 28, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 5, 1997.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Sproul Wendell C, an individual, certificate issued February 6, 2014, expires February 28, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated December 5, 1997, 18 years after the 1979 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F182-0042 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N277A was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 401 (serial 4010043, cancelled June 18, 1990). 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 N277A: Accident on August 3, 1989 at Grand Turk Isl.: fatal, destroyed (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":"New England","region_code":"E","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":4,"serial_number":"F182-0042","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"ME","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"2391 ROUTE 2","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00846811","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N277A","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1979,"zip":"044010608"}