{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-05-20","city":"HAWARDEN","country_code":"US","county_code":"167","cruise_speed_mph":82,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2030-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-20","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7101202","mode_s_code":"51250624","mode_s_hex":"A55194","model":"PA-12","n_number":"N4416X","name":"BYKER AVIATION INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"TAUNTON","damage":"SUBS","date":"1985-03-02","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"NYC85LA032","probable_cause":"","registration":"N4416X","state":"MA","summary":"Accident on March 2, 1985 at Taunton, MA: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N4416X is a Piper PA-12, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Byker Aviation INC, a corporation in Hawarden, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 20, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Byker Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 20, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 12-44 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N4416X was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-28R-200 (serial 28R7635037, cancelled date not given). 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 N4416X: Accident on March 2, 1985 at Taunton, MA: minor 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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":3,"serial_number":"12-44","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1885 460TH ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00325032","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N4416X","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"510237504"}