{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2015-02-19","airworthiness_ops":"Registered before Jan 31, 2008","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2014-11-26","city":"PHOENIX","country_code":"US","county_code":"013","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55556","engine_horsepower":65,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"582SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"light-sport","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-01","maker":"Holmes William B","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"HOLMES WILLIAM B","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"059037H","mode_s_code":"51252435","mode_s_hex":"A5551D","model":"AIR CREATION TWIN","n_number":"N4425L","name":"HOLMES WILLIAM B","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Gila Bend","damage":"SUBS","date":"2024-03-17","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"WPR24FA112","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s loss of control and subsequent collision with a mesquite tree on approach to land.","registration":"N4425L","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on March 17, 2024 at Gila Bend, AZ: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"GLENARM","damage":"SUBS","date":"1999-08-13","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI99LA288","probable_cause":"the pilot's selection of the wrong runway for the prevailing winds.  Factors were the pilot's misunderstanding of the wind information and the tailwind.","registration":"N4425L","state":"IL","summary":"Accident on August 13, 1999 at Glenarm, IL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N4425L is a Holmes William B AIR CREATION TWIN, a weight-shift aircraft with a two-stroke engine, built in 1998. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Phoenix, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 26, 2014 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated February 19, 2015.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Holmes William B, an individual, certificate issued November 26, 2014, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 19, 2015, 17 years after the 1998 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 001 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N4425L was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172G (serial 17254514, cancelled August 13, 2002). 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 N4425L: Accident on March 17, 2024 at Gila Bend, AZ: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Accident on August 13, 1999 at Glenarm, IL: 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"001","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AZ","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"17660 N 35TH ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Weight-shift control","type_aircraft_code":"7","type_engine":"Two-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"7","unique_id":"00420729","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N4425L","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1998,"zip":"850322014"}