{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1981-02-05","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1991-12-13","city":"TUPELO","country_code":"US","county_code":"081","cruise_speed_mph":162,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41533","engine_horsepower":310,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"TI0-540 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-twins","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-07","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7103105","mode_s_code":"51145004","mode_s_hex":"A4CA04","model":"PA-31-325","n_number":"N4077W","name":"MONTGOMERY CHARLES","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Tupelo","damage":"DEST","date":"2023-06-03","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"WPR23FA208","probable_cause":"The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack while maneuvering after takeoff for reasons that could not be determined, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent loss of control.","registration":"N4077W","state":"MS","summary":"Accident on June 3, 2023 at Tupelo, MS: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N4077W is a Piper PA-31-325, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1980. It has 8 seats. It is registered to an individual in Tupelo, Mississippi. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 13, 1991 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 5, 1981.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Montgomery Charles, an individual, certificate issued December 13, 1991, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated February 5, 1981, consistent with the 1980 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 31-8112031 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N4077W was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-32-300 (serial 3240119, cancelled September 29, 1975). 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 N4077W: Accident on June 3, 2023 at Tupelo, MS: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). 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":8,"serial_number":"31-8112031","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MS","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1882 NORTHWOOD DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00301244","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N4077W","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1980,"zip":"388041047"}
