{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1992-09-03","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2006-02-27","city":"WATERLOO","country_code":"US","county_code":"133","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41508","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-320 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-18","maker":"Zengel Frank H","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"ZENGEL FRANK H","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05608AJ","mode_s_code":"51034027","mode_s_hex":"A43817","model":"RV 4","n_number":"N371FZ","name":"MERKAN MICHAEL B","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"COLUMBIA","damage":"SUBS","date":"1990-05-05","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"CHI90DCA01","probable_cause":"THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A PROPER GLIDEPATH TO TOUCHDOWN ON THE RUNWAY.","registration":"N371FZ","state":"IL","summary":"Accident on May 5, 1990 at Columbia, IL: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"COLUMBIA","damage":"SUBS","date":"1989-05-21","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"CHI89DCA01","probable_cause":"THE IMPROPER ROUTING OF ENGINE FUEL LINES RESULTING IN OVER TEMPERATURE OF THE LINES WHICH RESULTED IN THE FUEL FLOW TO CARBURETOR TO FLUCTUATE AND CAUSE OVER RICH CONDITION AND LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.","registration":"N371FZ","state":"IL","summary":"Accident on May 21, 1989 at Columbia, IL: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N371FZ is a Zengel Frank H RV 4, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1989. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Waterloo, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 27, 2006 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 3, 1992.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Merkan Michael B, an individual, certificate issued February 27, 2006, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 3, 1992, 3 years after the 1989 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 371 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N371FZ according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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 N371FZ: Accident on May 5, 1990 at Columbia, IL: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 21, 1989 at Columbia, IL: 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"371","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"3223 CEDAR RIDGE LN","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00394231","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N371FZ","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1989,"zip":"622986041"}