{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2024-10-09","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-07-20","city":"NEVADA","country_code":"US","county_code":"217","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55592","engine_horsepower":80,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"912UL","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"SKYSTAR ACFT CO","kit_model":"KITFOX IV","last_action_date":"2025-04-11","maker":"Richard P Piepgras","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"RICHARD P PIEPGRAS","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05639UM","mode_s_code":"51351230","mode_s_hex":"A5D298","model":"KITFOX MODEL IV","n_number":"N4742D","name":"MELECH JOHN D","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"SAUK CITY","damage":"DEST","date":"2000-07-28","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"CHI00FA227","probable_cause":"VFR flight into IMC encountered by the pilot and exceeding the design limits of the aircraf.  A factor was flight to a destination alternate not performed by the pilot.","registration":"N4742D","state":"WI","summary":"Accident on July 28, 2000 at Sauk City, WI: fatal, destroyed (4 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N4742D is a Richard P Piepgras KITFOX MODEL IV, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2020. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Nevada, Missouri. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 20, 2023 and expires on July 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 9, 2024.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Melech John D, an individual, certificate issued July 20, 2023, expires July 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 9, 2024, 4 years after the 2020 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 ADS 159 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N4742D was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 182A (serial 34842, cancelled April 24, 2001). 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 N4742D: Accident on July 28, 2000 at Sauk City, WI: fatal, destroyed (4 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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"ADS 159","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MO","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"18522 S 2200 RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01330611","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N4742D","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2020,"zip":"647727978"}