{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1980-01-09","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2009-05-12","city":"SOUTH THOMASTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"013","cruise_speed_mph":132,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17032","engine_horsepower":285,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"IO 520 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"turboprops","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-01-22","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2073356","mode_s_code":"51320157","mode_s_hex":"A5A06F","model":"U206G","n_number":"N4615X","name":"WATERS AERO-MARINE INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Harpswell","damage":"SUBS","date":"2017-09-01","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"ERA17LA307","probable_cause":"A total loss of engine power due to maintenance personnel's failure to apply proper torque to the cylinder flange nuts and through bolts, which resulted in shifting of the Nos. 1, 2, and 3 main bearings, loss of lubrication, and failure of the crankshaft.","registration":"N4615X","state":"ME","summary":"Accident on September 1, 2017 at Harpswell, ME: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N4615X is a Cessna U206G, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboshaft engines, built in 1979. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Waters Aero-Marine INC, a corporation in South Thomaston, Maine. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 12, 2009 and expires on April 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 9, 1980.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Waters Aero-Marine INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 12, 2009, expires April 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated January 9, 1980, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial U20605513 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N4615X was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150G (serial 15064665, cancelled August 2, 1973). 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 N4615X: Accident on September 1, 2017 at Harpswell, ME: minor 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":"New England","region_code":"E","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":6,"serial_number":"U20605513","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"ME","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 273","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00893114","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N4615X","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1979,"zip":"048580273"}