{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1992-05-22","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-02-12","city":"STOCKTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"077","cruise_speed_mph":105,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"99999","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"AMA/EXPR","engine_model":"UNKNOWN ENG","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2033-02-28","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-02-12","maker":"Stinson","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"STINSON","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"8630210","mode_s_code":"50663654","mode_s_hex":"A367AC","model":"L-5E","n_number":"N31853","name":"AERONAUTICAL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"ELKO","damage":"SUBS","date":"1995-07-21","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"LAX95LA260","probable_cause":"the failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control and the inadequate supervision by the instructor pilot in taking timely corrective action.","registration":"N31853","state":"NV","summary":"Accident on July 21, 1995 at Elko, NV: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N31853 is a Stinson L-5E, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1944. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Aeronautical Educational Foundation, a corporation in Stockton, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 12, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 22, 1992.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Aeronautical Educational Foundation, a corporation, certificate issued February 12, 2026, expires February 28, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 22, 1992, 48 years after the 1944 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 44-17605 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N31853 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bell 214ST (serial 28135, cancelled February 14, 1990). 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 N31853: Accident on July 21, 1995 at Elko, NV: minor 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":2,"serial_number":"44-17605","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"7430 C E DIXON ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00083208","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N31853","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1944,"zip":"952064915"}