{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2018-09-01","airworthiness_ops":"Operating light-sport kit-built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-07-01","city":"TWIN LAKE","country_code":"US","county_code":"121","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55572","engine_horsepower":100,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"912ULS SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2033-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-07-01","maker":"Vans Aircraft Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"0690009","mode_s_code":"50655105","mode_s_hex":"A35A45","model":"RV-12","n_number":"N315K","name":"J-KRU TRANSPORT LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"KENNESAW","damage":"DEST","date":"1997-10-15","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"ATL98FA002","probable_cause":"the pilot's improper emergency procedures and subsequent loss of aircraft control, while attempting to maneuver for a precautionary landing.  A factor relating to the accident was: partial loss of power in one or both engines for undetermined reason(s).","registration":"N315K","state":"GA","summary":"Accident on October 15, 1997 at Kennesaw, GA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N315K is a Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2018. It has 2 seats. It is registered to J-Kru Transport LLC, an LLC in Twin Lake, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 1, 2026 and expires on July 31, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for operating light-sport kit-built, dated September 1, 2018.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to J-Kru Transport LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 1, 2026, expires July 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for operating light-sport kit-built, dated September 1, 2018, consistent with the 2018 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 120940 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N315K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (serial TC-865, cancelled March 7, 2000). 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 N315K: Accident on October 15, 1997 at Kennesaw, GA: fatal, destroyed (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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":2,"serial_number":"120940","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MI","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"5340 HOLTON RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"01274220","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N315K","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2018,"zip":"494579321"}