{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2013-04-09","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2020-12-19","city":"PHOENIX","country_code":"US","county_code":"013","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"59605","engine_horsepower":210,"engine_maker":"MATTITUCK","engine_model":"TMX IO-390","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-8","last_action_date":"2023-04-07","maker":"David C Morris","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"DAVID C MORRIS","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05630VC","mode_s_code":"51270532","mode_s_hex":"A5715A","model":"RV-8","n_number":"N45SG","name":"GERMAIN SCOTT E","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"LONG BEACH","damage":"SUBS","date":"1997-11-22","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX98LA042","probable_cause":"the flight instructor's failure to thoroughly brief his student on the performance standards of the proposed autorotation and the method to be used for a positive transfer of controls.  The student's failure to verify the performance standards of the autorotation, to recognize an excessive rate of descent, and to relinquish control of the throttle to the instructor were factors in this accident.","registration":"N45SG","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on November 22, 1997 at Long Beach, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N45SG is a David C Morris RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2013. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Phoenix, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 19, 2020 and expires on December 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated April 9, 2013.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Germain Scott E, an individual, certificate issued December 19, 2020, expires December 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated April 9, 2013, consistent with the 2013 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 82626 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N45SG was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (serial 1472, cancelled May 15, 2015). 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 N45SG: Accident on November 22, 1997 at Long Beach, CA: 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":"82626","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AZ","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"637 E GOLDENROD ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"01069171","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N45SG","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2013,"zip":"850486312"}