{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1956-03-28","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1996-08-06","city":"FAIRBANKS","country_code":"US","county_code":"090","cruise_speed_mph":105,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17012","engine_horsepower":145,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"C145 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-28","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2072306","mode_s_code":"51302216","mode_s_hex":"A5848E","model":"170B","n_number":"N4549C","name":"WATSONS JAMES W","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"MANLEY HOT SPRN","damage":"SUBS","date":"1997-03-31","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC97LA050","probable_cause":"The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area.  A factor was the soft snow.","registration":"N4549C","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on March 31, 1997 at Manley Hot Sprn, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N4549C is a Cessna 170B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1953. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fairbanks, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 6, 1996 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated March 28, 1956.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Watsons James W, an individual, certificate issued August 6, 1996, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 28, 1956, 3 years after the 1953 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 25493 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N4549C 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 N4549C: Accident on March 31, 1997 at Manley Hot Sprn, AK: 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":"Alaskan","region_code":"5","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":4,"serial_number":"25493","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"280 TERRACE DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00922874","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N4549C","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1953,"zip":"997121637"}