{"airworthiness_class":"Light sport","airworthiness_date":"2009-05-15","airworthiness_ops":"Weight-shift control","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2019-02-06","city":"HICKORY","country_code":"US","county_code":"035","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55572","engine_horsepower":100,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"912ULS SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-02-28","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"light-sport","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-18","maker":"P&M Aviation Ltd","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"P&M AVIATION LTD","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"060006X","mode_s_code":"51215250","mode_s_hex":"A51AA8","model":"QUIKR","n_number":"N428PM","name":"BANKS GERALD L","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Gulf Shores","damage":"MINR","date":"2014-05-22","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"ERA14LA257","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to maintain aircraft control during engine startup, which resulted in a collision with a parked airplane. Contributing to the accident was the pilot\u2019s failure to follow engine startup procedures and a sudden surge of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination did not reveal any mechanical malfunctions.","registration":"N428PM","state":"AL","summary":"Accident on May 22, 2014 at Gulf Shores, AL: serious injuries, minor damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N428PM is a P&M Aviation Ltd QUIKR, a weight-shift aircraft with a four-stroke engine, built in 2009. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hickory, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 6, 2019 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for weight-shift control, dated May 15, 2009.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Banks Gerald L, an individual, certificate issued February 6, 2019, expires February 28, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Light sport certificate for weight-shift control, dated May 15, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 8428 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N428PM 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 N428PM: Accident on May 22, 2014 at Gulf Shores, AL: serious injuries, minor 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":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"8428","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NC","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"631 PLAYERS RIDGE RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Weight-shift control","type_aircraft_code":"7","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"01026570","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N428PM","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2009,"zip":"286018843"}