{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1983-02-17","airworthiness_ops":"Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2013-12-18","city":"MCLEAN","country_code":"US","county_code":"600","cruise_speed_mph":138,"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":"2029-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-22","maker":"Beech","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BEECH","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1151604","mode_s_code":"51125460","mode_s_hex":"A4AB30","model":"A36","n_number":"N40KG","name":"FOUR STARS AVIATION INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Wellington","damage":"SUBS","date":"2013-09-23","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ERA13LA428","probable_cause":"A total loss of engine power due to an interruption in fuel flow, which was most likely due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot\u2019s failure to maintain control of the airplane while performing the subsequent forced landing to a wet roadway.","registration":"N40KG","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on September 23, 2013 at Wellington, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"JULIAN","damage":"SUBS","date":"1986-10-21","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"NYC87LA044","probable_cause":"","registration":"N40KG","state":"PA","summary":"Accident on October 21, 1986 at Julian, PA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N40KG is a Beech A36, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1983. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Four Stars Aviation INC, a corporation in Mclean, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 18, 2013 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated February 17, 1983.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Four Stars Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued December 18, 2013, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for utility, dated February 17, 1983, consistent with the 1983 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial E-2067 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N40KG was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Beech A36 (serial E-1283, cancelled March 18, 2014); Centrair 101A (serial 101A0132, cancelled June 19, 1991). 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 N40KG: Accident on September 23, 2013 at Wellington, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 21, 1986 at Julian, PA: 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":6,"serial_number":"E-2067","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"VA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1426 SPRING VALE AVE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00872766","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N40KG","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1983,"zip":"221013527"}