{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1977-07-11","airworthiness_ops":"Normal; Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2022-07-02","city":"WATERTOWN","country_code":"US","county_code":"029","cruise_speed_mph":105,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41514","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"O&VO-360 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-18","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7102807","mode_s_code":"51072506","mode_s_hex":"A47546","model":"PA-28-181","n_number":"N38696","name":"LAKE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Watertown","damage":"SUBS","date":"2024-02-25","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN24LA121","probable_cause":"The stuck No. 2 cylinder exhaust valve, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power and a forced landing due to an undersized exhaust valve guide. Contributing to the accident were the improper manufacture of the engine cylinders, and the operation of the engine in an overly rich fuel condition.","registration":"N38696","state":"SD","summary":"Accident on February 25, 2024 at Watertown, SD: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N38696 is a Piper PA-28-181, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1977. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Lake Area Technical College, a government body in Watertown, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 2, 2022 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated July 11, 1977.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Lake Area Technical College, a government body, certificate issued July 2, 2022, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated July 11, 1977, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-7790577 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N38696 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":"1 NTSB record under N38696: Accident on February 25, 2024 at Watertown, SD: 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Government","registrant_type_code":"5","seats":4,"serial_number":"28-7790577","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"SD","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 730","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00640454","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N38696","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1977,"zip":"572010730"}