{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1982-09-16","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2024-05-08","city":"VERGENNES","country_code":"US","county_code":"001","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41511","engine_horsepower":200,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"I0360 SER A&C","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2031-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-05-08","maker":"Warner Lewis","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"WARNER LEWIS","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05655JM","mode_s_code":"50705713","mode_s_hex":"A38BCB","model":"STEEN SKYBOLT","n_number":"N3278K","name":"LAPIERRE CHRIS","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Broomfield","damage":"SUBS","date":"2009-08-30","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN09CA553","probable_cause":"The pilot's inability to maintain directional control due to an internal mechanical failure of the left wheel that caused the wheel to seize.","registration":"N3278K","state":"CO","summary":"Accident on August 30, 2009 at Broomfield, CO: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N3278K is a Warner Lewis STEEN SKYBOLT, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1982. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Vergennes, Vermont. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 8, 2024 and expires on May 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 16, 1982.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Lapierre Chris, an individual, certificate issued May 8, 2024, expires May 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated September 16, 1982, consistent with the 1982 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1435609SS for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N3278K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Globe GC-1B (serial 1271, cancelled date not given). 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 N3278K: Accident on August 30, 2009 at Broomfield, CO: 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":"New England","region_code":"E","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"1435609SS","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"VT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"110 MACDONOUGH DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00512013","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N3278K","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1982,"zip":"054911057"}