{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1977-07-28","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-06-24","city":"MARION","country_code":"US","county_code":"187","cruise_speed_mph":126,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41530","engine_horsepower":300,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-540 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2032-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-06-24","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7103213","mode_s_code":"51077462","mode_s_hex":"A47F32","model":"PA-32R-300","n_number":"N38908","name":"MOLLERE MICHAEL E","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"VALLEY SPRINGS","damage":"SUBS","date":"1999-05-28","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX99LA201","probable_cause":"The fatigue failure and separation of the No. 6 connecting rod end cap, which led to a catastrophic failure of the engine.  The fatigue crack initiation was due to galling on the rod end cap, which was most likely caused by an undetermined factory manufacturing process error during the engine rebuild.","registration":"N38908","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on May 28, 1999 at Valley Springs, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"SACRAMENTO","damage":"SUBS","date":"1990-01-20","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX90LA108","probable_cause":"AN INADVERTENT COLLISION WITH A LARGE BIRD DURING THE HOURS OF DARKNESS WHILE IN THE LANDING PATTERN.","registration":"N38908","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on January 20, 1990 at Sacramento, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N38908 is a Piper PA-32R-300, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1977. It has 7 seats. It is registered to an individual in Marion, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 24, 2025 and expires on June 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 28, 1977.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Mollere Michael E, an individual, certificate issued June 24, 2025, expires June 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated July 28, 1977, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 32R-7780487 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N38908 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Monocoupe 90AF (serial A-831, cancelled September 17, 1948). 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 N38908: Accident on May 28, 1999 at Valley Springs, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on January 20, 1990 at Sacramento, CA: 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":7,"serial_number":"32R-7780487","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"336 BONANZA","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00033752","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N38908","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1977,"zip":"781246037"}