{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"sustainable","cert_issue_date":"2023-10-17","city":"ELBERT","country_code":"US","county_code":"039","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2030-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"electric","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-10-17","maker":"Jonker Sailplanes","maker_country":"ZA","maker_raw":"JONKER SAILPLANES (PTY) LTD","maker_segment":"Electric glider","mfr_mdl_code":"05640T1","mode_s_code":"51031101","mode_s_hex":"A43241","model":"JS3 RES","n_number":"N37JG","name":"GILLIS JOHN H","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Elbert","damage":"SUBS","date":"2024-06-16","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN24LA224","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to maintain directional control during the landing with a right crosswind.","registration":"N37JG","state":"CO","summary":"Accident on June 16, 2024 at Elbert, CO: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N37JG is a Jonker Sailplanes JS3 RES, a glider powered by electric motors. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Elbert, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 17, 2023 and expires on October 31, 2030. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Gillis John H, an individual, certificate issued October 17, 2023, expires October 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 03-179 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N37JG was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Garrison James W P5151 (serial 0001, cancelled July 13, 2017). 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 N37JG: Accident on June 16, 2024 at Elbert, 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"03-179","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CO","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"24866 BEN KELLY RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01407875","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N37JG","watchlist_group":"Electric glider","watchlist_note":"JS3 RES electric self-launch","weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"801069524"}