{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2009-04-29","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2009-03-23","city":"WILMINGTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"003","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41575","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"O-360 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-7","last_action_date":"2023-09-15","maker":"Stucky Steven D","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"STUCKY STEVEN D","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056273A","mode_s_code":"50555260","mode_s_hex":"A2DAB0","model":"RV-7","n_number":"N283S","name":"WAKE TURBULENCE CORP","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Topeka","damage":"SUBS","date":"2022-07-16","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"WPR22FA254","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to maintain aircraft control while performing an aerobatic maneuver on takeoff, which resulted in exceedance of the airplane\u2019s critical angle of attack, a subsequent aerodynamic stall, and impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot\u2019s impairment from alcohol consumption before the flight.","registration":"N283S","state":"KS","summary":"Accident on July 16, 2022 at Topeka, KS: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N283S is a Stucky Steven D RV-7, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2009. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Wake Turbulence CORP, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 23, 2009 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated April 29, 2009.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Wake Turbulence CORP, a corporation, certificate issued March 23, 2009, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated April 29, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 73041 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N283S according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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 N283S: Accident on July 16, 2022 at Topeka, KS: 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":2,"serial_number":"73041","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"DE","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"3511 SILVERSIDE RD STE 105","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01027883","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N283S","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2009,"zip":"198104902"}