{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2003-01-22","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2022-10-04","city":"HUACHUCA CITY","country_code":"US","county_code":"003","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"99999","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"AMA/EXPR","engine_model":"UNKNOWN ENG","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"LANCAIR INTL INC","kit_model":"LANCAIR ES/ES FAST","last_action_date":"2023-11-07","maker":"Parkes Thomas D","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PARKES THOMAS D","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"0560604","mode_s_code":"51244134","mode_s_hex":"A5485C","model":"LANCAIR ES","n_number":"N44AZ","name":"GALT SHERYL D","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Prescott","damage":"SUBS","date":"2016-03-10","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR16LA088","probable_cause":"A partial loss of engine power due to an over-temperature event, which thermally damaged the blade tips of the turbocharger wheel and resulted in a slowing or stoppage in the rotation of the turbocharger.","registration":"N44AZ","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on March 10, 2016 at Prescott, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"ENGLEWOOD","damage":"DEST","date":"1996-05-11","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"FTW96FA208","probable_cause":"failure of the pilot of the RV-4, N44AZ, to comply with an ATC clearance by landing on the wrong runway, and the failure of the pilot of the SU-29, N55SU, to maintain an adequate visual lookout. Factors in the accident were: the failure of the air traffic controller to restate the landing runway to the pilot of the RV-4 during a critical period of flight, his failure to advise the pilot of the RV-4 that operations were being conducted on the adjacent runway, a high traffic workload which resulted from an airport open house, and a lack of coordination to accommodate the high traffic workload.","registration":"N44AZ","state":"CO","summary":"Accident on May 11, 1996 at Englewood, CO: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"YELLOWSTONEPARK","damage":"SUBS","date":"1991-07-04","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"SEA91LA154","probable_cause":"A COLLAPSED INDUCTION AIR DUCT.  FACTORS INCLUDE INADEQUATE DESIGN BY THE MANUFACTURER/BUILDER, AND A MISJUDGED RATE OF DESCENT BY THE PILOT.","registration":"N44AZ","state":"WY","summary":"Accident on July 4, 1991 at Yellowstonepark, WY: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N44AZ is a Parkes Thomas D LANCAIR ES, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2003. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Huachuca City, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 4, 2022 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated January 22, 2003.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Galt Sheryl D, an individual, certificate issued October 4, 2022, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated January 22, 2003, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial ES-089-FB for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N44AZ was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Jerrell Donald A JERRELL RV-4 (serial 1, cancelled July 24, 1996). 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":"3 NTSB records under N44AZ: Accident on March 10, 2016 at Prescott, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 11, 1996 at Englewood, CO: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on July 4, 1991 at Yellowstonepark, WY: fatal, substantial damage (1 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":4,"serial_number":"ES-089-FB","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AZ","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"690 N GONZALES BLVD UNIT 6300","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00553946","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N44AZ","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2003,"zip":"856160097"}