{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"sustainable","cert_issue_date":"2020-04-14","city":"HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE","country_code":"US","county_code":"045","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2027-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"electric","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-01-22","maker":"Sportine Aviacija (LAK)","maker_country":"LT","maker_raw":"SPORTINE AVIACIJA IR KO","maker_segment":"Electric glider","mfr_mdl_code":"05637VC","mode_s_code":"50573225","mode_s_hex":"A2F695","model":"LAK-17B FES MINI","n_number":"N290MH","name":"HERRON MATT J","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Lake Port","damage":"SUBS","date":"2020-08-07","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"WPR20LA257","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s exceedance of the glider\u2019s critical angle of attack during flight, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent impact with terrain.","registration":"N290MH","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on August 7, 2020 at Lake Port, CA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N290MH is a Sportine Aviacija (LAK) LAK-17B FES MINI, a glider powered by electric motors. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Hidden Valley Lake, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 14, 2020 and expires on April 30, 2027. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Herron Matt J, an individual, certificate issued April 14, 2020, expires April 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 029 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N290MH 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 N290MH: Accident on August 7, 2020 at Lake Port, CA: 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"029","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"16945 KNOLLVIEW DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01314476","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N290MH","watchlist_group":"Electric glider","watchlist_note":"LAK-17 with front electric sustainer","weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"954678064"}