{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2024-03-08","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2022-07-22","city":"ESTERO","country_code":"US","county_code":"071","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41788","engine_horsepower":300,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-540-S1A5","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-twins","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-18","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7106012","mode_s_code":"51120625","mode_s_hex":"A4A195","model":"AEROSTAR 601P","n_number":"N398MA","name":"MULLENS AVIATION LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Borger","damage":"SUBS","date":"2013-10-25","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN14LA031","probable_cause":"The failure of the No. 4 connecting rod due to inadequate oil lubrication.","registration":"N398MA","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on October 25, 2013 at Borger, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N398MA is a Piper AEROSTAR 601P, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Mullens Aviation LLC, an LLC in Estero, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 22, 2022 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 8, 2024.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Mullens Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 22, 2022, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 8, 2024, 46 years after the 1978 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 61P-0529-223 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N398MA was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna T210L (serial 21061441, cancelled February 24, 2016); Eurocopter AS 350 BA (serial 1856, cancelled March 23, 2000). 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 N398MA: Accident on October 25, 2013 at Borger, TX: 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":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":6,"serial_number":"61P-0529-223","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"20580 GROVELINE CT","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01280540","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N398MA","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1978,"zip":"339283160"}