{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1979-04-11","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-10-07","city":"BLOOMINGTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"053","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[{"collateral_type":"Aircraft","doc_type":"Loan release","doc_type_code":"REL","party":"","receipt_date":"2026-09-15"}],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41511","engine_horsepower":200,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"I0360 SER A&C","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-10-07","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7102818","mode_s_code":"50544613","mode_s_hex":"A2C98B","model":"PA-28RT-201","n_number":"N279SR","name":"METRO AIRCRAFT CO","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Glencoe","damage":"SUBS","date":"2026-02-23","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN26LA124","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to extend the landing gear before landing and the flight instructor\u2019s inadequate supervision of the flight.","registration":"N279SR","state":"MN","summary":"Accident on February 23, 2026 at Glencoe, MN: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N279SR is a Piper PA-28RT-201, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Metro Aircraft CO, a corporation in Bloomington, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 7, 2023 and expires on October 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 11, 1979. 1 document is on file: loan release.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Metro Aircraft CO, a corporation, certificate issued October 7, 2023, expires October 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated April 11, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28R-7918130 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N279SR according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"1 document received recently: Loan release (September 15, 2026).","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N279SR: Accident on February 23, 2026 at Glencoe, MN: 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":4,"serial_number":"28R-7918130","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1600 W 82ND ST STE 100","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00900433","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N279SR","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1979,"zip":"554311411"}