{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2004-08-31","city":"HOLLYWOOD","country_code":"US","county_code":"011","cruise_speed_mph":97,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2028-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-14","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7101809","mode_s_code":"50602777","mode_s_hex":"A305FF","model":"PA-18 105","n_number":"N294T","name":"VAN WAGNER AERIAL MEDIA LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Palos Verdes","damage":"DEST","date":"2005-08-20","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX05LA273","probable_cause":"a loss of engine power due to the cyclic fatigue failure and separation of the number 4 piston.","registration":"N294T","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on August 20, 2005 at Palos Verdes, CA: no injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"HOLLYWOOD","damage":"DEST","date":"1982-04-03","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"MIA82DA127","probable_cause":"","registration":"N294T","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on April 3, 1982 at Hollywood, FL: no injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N294T is a Piper PA-18 105, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Van Wagner Aerial Media LLC, an LLC in Hollywood, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 31, 2004 and expires on January 31, 2028. 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 Van Wagner Aerial Media LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 31, 2004, expires January 31, 2028. 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 182408 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N294T 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":"2 NTSB records under N294T: Accident on August 20, 2005 at Palos Verdes, CA: no injuries, destroyed. Accident on April 3, 1982 at Hollywood, FL: no injuries, destroyed. 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":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":2,"serial_number":"182408","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"ATTN PAUL WHITBY","street2":"1600 E AIRPORT RD","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00246111","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N294T","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"330232500"}