{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2024-05-07","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2024-04-23","city":"ALBANY","country_code":"US","county_code":"043","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"00000","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"NONE","engine_model":"NONE","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2031-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"balloons","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-04-23","maker":"Whitfield Chris","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"WHITFIELD CHRIS","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05642FD","mode_s_code":"50660717","mode_s_hex":"A361CF","model":"LTA-2024","n_number":"N317LC","name":"WHITFIELD CHRISTOPHER D","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"New Port Richey","damage":"SUBS","date":"2003-01-03","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"MIA03TA036","probable_cause":"The pilot's inadequate preflight of the helicopter following maintenance he observed, and failure of maintenance personnel to tighten the \"B\" nut at the fuel nozzle following a compressor wash resulting in the total loss of engine power.  Also, the pilot's intentional decay of main rotor rpm while attempting to clear obstructions and unsuitable terrain encountered during the forced landing resulting in a hard landing.","registration":"N317LC","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on January 3, 2003 at New Port Richey, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N317LC is a Whitfield Chris LTA-2024, a balloon with no engine, built in 2024. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Albany, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 23, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 7, 2024.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Whitfield Christopher D, an individual, certificate issued April 23, 2024, expires April 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated May 7, 2024, consistent with the 2024 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 201 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N317LC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Hughes OH-6 (serial 68-17310, cancelled February 20, 2018). 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 N317LC: Accident on January 3, 2003 at New Port Richey, FL: no injuries, substantial 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":1,"serial_number":"201","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"OR","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"4709 TERRI LN NE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Balloon","type_aircraft_code":"2","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"01446571","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N317LC","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2024,"zip":"973213201"}