{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1967-11-02","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-02-18","city":"KALISPELL","country_code":"US","county_code":"029","cruise_speed_mph":132,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17032","engine_horsepower":285,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"IO 520 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2032-02-29","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-02-18","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2073332","mode_s_code":"51117451","mode_s_hex":"A49F29","model":"U206C","n_number":"N3970G","name":"BACK COUNTRY FLYING EXPERIENCE INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Brainerd","damage":"SUBS","date":"2009-05-25","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN09CA321","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while landing in gusty winds.","registration":"N3970G","state":"MN","summary":"Accident on May 25, 2009 at Brainerd, MN: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"GRAND RAPIDS","damage":"SUBS","date":"1987-05-29","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI87LA134","probable_cause":"","registration":"N3970G","state":"MN","summary":"Accident on May 29, 1987 at Grand Rapids, MN: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N3970G is a Cessna U206C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1967. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Back Country Flying Experience INC, a corporation in Kalispell, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 18, 2025 and expires on February 29, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 2, 1967.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Back Country Flying Experience INC, a corporation, certificate issued February 18, 2025, expires February 29, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated November 2, 1967, consistent with the 1967 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial U206-0970 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N3970G 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 N3970G: Accident on May 25, 2009 at Brainerd, MN: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 29, 1987 at Grand Rapids, MN: 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":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":6,"serial_number":"U206-0970","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1835 AIRPORT RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00730774","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N3970G","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1967,"zip":"599017501"}