{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1986-06-20","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2015-04-14","city":"BLUE EARTH","country_code":"US","county_code":"043","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41509","engine_horsepower":150,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-320 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-05","maker":"Covington Edward L","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"COVINGTON EDWARD L","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05655PR","mode_s_code":"50615407","mode_s_hex":"A31B07","model":"SHA-GLASAIR","n_number":"N3EC","name":"LINDSEY JOHN T","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Saint James","damage":"DEST","date":"2024-07-12","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN24LA267","probable_cause":"An in-flight bird strike which resulted in an engine compartment fire that ultimately destroyed the airplane.","registration":"N3EC","state":"MN","summary":"Accident on July 12, 2024 at Saint James, MN: no injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N3EC is a Covington Edward L SHA-GLASAIR, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Blue Earth, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 14, 2015 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 20, 1986.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Lindsey John T, an individual, certificate issued April 14, 2015, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 484R for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N3EC 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 N3EC: Accident on July 12, 2024 at Saint James, MN: no injuries, destroyed. 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":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"484R","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"425 N LINTON ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00843073","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N3EC","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"560131242"}