{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1978-08-31","airworthiness_ops":"Normal; Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2004-04-21","city":"AURORA","country_code":"US","county_code":"047","cruise_speed_mph":105,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41514","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"O&VO-360 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-30","maker":"Grumman American Avn. Corp.","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"GRUMMAN AMERICAN AVN. CORP.","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"3960105","mode_s_code":"50571104","mode_s_hex":"A2F244","model":"AA-5B","n_number":"N28930","name":"MAYER STEVEN T","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"FORT MYERS","damage":"MINR","date":"1993-10-17","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"MIA94LA009","probable_cause":"IMPROPER DECISION BY THE OTHER PERSON (PILOT'S MOTHER) TO GO TO THE AIRPLANE, WHILE THE PILOT WAS MAKING CHECKS IN PREPARATION FOR FLIGHT, AND HER FAILURE TO IDENTIFY THE HAZARDOUS CONDITION (TURNING PROPELLER).","registration":"N28930","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on October 17, 1993 at Fort Myers, FL: serious injuries, minor damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N28930 is a Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Aurora, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 21, 2004 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 31, 1978.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Mayer Steven T, an individual, certificate issued April 21, 2004, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated August 31, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial AA5B0896 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N28930 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Forney 415-C (serial 25, cancelled August 3, 1962). 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 N28930: Accident on October 17, 1993 at Fort Myers, FL: serious injuries, minor 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":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":4,"serial_number":"AA5B0896","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"OR","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"23256 BENTS RD NE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00390573","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N28930","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1978,"zip":"970028684"}