{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2012-11-27","airworthiness_ops":"Exhibition","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-02-16","city":"MISSOULA","country_code":"US","county_code":"063","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"00000","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"NONE","engine_model":"NONE","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-02-28","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"gliders","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-02-16","maker":"Schleicher","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SCHLEICHER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"3801550","mode_s_code":"50547137","mode_s_hex":"A2CE5F","model":"ASW-28","n_number":"N280E","name":"L/D MAX SALES LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Cuddybackville","damage":"SUBS","date":"2016-06-17","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"GAA16CA342","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain the glide path required for landing in the off-field landing zone.","registration":"N280E","state":"NY","summary":"Accident on June 17, 2016 at Cuddybackville, NY: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N280E is a Schleicher ASW-28, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to L/D Max Sales LLC, an LLC in Missoula, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 16, 2023 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated November 27, 2012.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to L/D Max Sales LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 16, 2023, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for exhibition; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28033 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N280E was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Aero Commander 560 (serial 207, cancelled July 18, 1974). 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 N280E: Accident on June 17, 2016 at Cuddybackville, NY: 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":1,"serial_number":"28033","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"725 SW HIGGINS AVE STE C","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00143987","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N280E","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"598031420"}