{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2005-01-05","airworthiness_ops":"Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2024-01-24","city":"BATON ROUGE","country_code":"US","county_code":"033","cruise_speed_mph":150,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17060","engine_horsepower":350,"engine_maker":"TCM CONT","engine_model":"TSIO 520 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2031-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-01-24","maker":"Beech","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BEECH","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1151538","mode_s_code":"51340307","mode_s_hex":"A5C0C7","model":"V35","n_number":"N47WT","name":"DOUCET LUCIUS J III","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Franklin","damage":"DEST","date":"2024-05-15","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"ERA24FA217","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s flight into convective weather, which resulted in a loss of control due to spatial disorientation and a subsequent inflight breakup of the airplane. Contributing to the accident was the lack of accurate weather intensity depiction on the controller\u2019s display, which limited the controller\u2019s ability to warn the pilot of hazardous weather along the route of flight.","registration":"N47WT","state":"TN","summary":"Accident on May 15, 2024 at Franklin, TN: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N47WT is a Beech V35, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1966. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 24, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated January 5, 2005.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Doucet Lucius J III, an individual, certificate issued January 24, 2024, expires January 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated January 5, 2005, 39 years after the 1966 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 D-8217 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N47WT was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bellanca 14-13-2 (serial 1399, cancelled date not given). 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 N47WT: Accident on May 15, 2024 at Franklin, TN: fatal, destroyed (3 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":6,"serial_number":"D-8217","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"LA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"8490 PICARDY AVE #600-B","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00044390","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N47WT","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1966,"zip":"70809"}