{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2008-10-14","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2011-05-14","city":"PEMBROKE PINES","country_code":"US","county_code":"011","cruise_speed_mph":93,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"42344","engine_horsepower":260,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"O-540-G1A5","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-01-22","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7102508","mode_s_code":"51300372","mode_s_hex":"A580FA","model":"PA-25-260","n_number":"N454AB","name":"AERIAL BANNERS NORTH INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Hollywood","damage":"SUBS","date":"2023-05-25","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"ERA23LA245","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s improper banner pickup approach, which resulted in the banner tow hook contacting the airplane, and the subsequent overload separation of the right rudder control horn, resulting in a loss of airplane control.","registration":"N454AB","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on May 25, 2023 at Hollywood, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N454AB is a Piper PA-25-260, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1974. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Aerial Banners North INC, a corporation in Pembroke Pines, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 14, 2011 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 14, 2008.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Aerial Banners North INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 14, 2011, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 14, 2008, 34 years after the 1974 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 25-7556048 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N454AB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bell UH-1H (serial 6413603, cancelled June 12, 2006). 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 N454AB: Accident on May 25, 2023 at Hollywood, FL: serious 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":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":1,"serial_number":"25-7556048","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"601 SW 77TH WAY","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00633970","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N454AB","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1974,"zip":"330232591"}