{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2021-12-28","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-08-19","city":"EAGLE RIVER","country_code":"US","county_code":"020","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17404","engine_horsepower":100,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"O-200A","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2033-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"ZENITH AIRCRAFT CO","kit_model":"STOL CH 750","last_action_date":"2026-08-19","maker":"Bear Sherman W","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BEAR SHERMAN W","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05635J2","mode_s_code":"50750026","mode_s_hex":"A3D016","model":"CH750 STOL","n_number":"N345CC","name":"LAWTON MATTHEW S","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"PEKIN","damage":"DEST","date":"1992-01-05","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"CHI92FA067","probable_cause":"THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO ICING CONDITIONS AND HIS FAILURE TO USE THE AIRPLANE'S ANTI-ICE/DE-ICE SYSTEM RESULTING IN A BUILD-UP OF ICE OVER THE AIRPLANE'S SURFACE AREA AND RESULTANT LOSS OF CONTROL. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE AIRPLANE WAS OVER IT'S CERTIFICATED MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT, AND THE ICING CONDITIONS.","registration":"N345CC","state":"IL","summary":"Accident on January 5, 1992 at Pekin, IL: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"LOUISVILLE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1986-01-19","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ATL86LA059","probable_cause":"","registration":"N345CC","state":"KY","summary":"Accident on January 19, 1986 at Louisville, KY: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N345CC is a Bear Sherman W CH750 STOL, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2021. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Eagle River, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 19, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated December 28, 2021.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Lawton Matthew S, an individual, certificate issued August 19, 2026, expires August 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated December 28, 2021, consistent with the 2021 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 75 7549 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N345CC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech A36TC (serial EA143, cancelled May 15, 1995). 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":"2 NTSB records under N345CC: Accident on January 5, 1992 at Pekin, IL: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on January 19, 1986 at Louisville, KY: 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":"Alaskan","region_code":"5","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"75 7549","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"19532 SECOND ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01227895","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N345CC","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2021,"zip":"995778427"}