{"airworthiness_class":"Multiple","airworthiness_date":"2010-04-09","airworthiness_ops":"Standard; Restricted; Other","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2024-01-18","city":"SOLDOTNA","country_code":"US","county_code":"122","cruise_speed_mph":122,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"52008","engine_horsepower":450,"engine_maker":"P&W","engine_model":"R-985 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2031-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-01-18","maker":"Dehavilland","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"DEHAVILLAND","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2800104","mode_s_code":"51422770","mode_s_hex":"A625F8","model":"BEAVER L-20A","n_number":"N4957","name":"TALON AIR SERVICE INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Port Alsworth","damage":"SUBS","date":"2024-06-11","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"ANC24LA049","probable_cause":"A partial loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined.","registration":"N4957","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on June 11, 2024 at Port Alsworth, AK: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N4957 is a Dehavilland BEAVER L-20A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1953. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Talon Air Service INC, a corporation in Soldotna, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 18, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated April 9, 2010.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Talon Air Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 18, 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 April 9, 2010, 57 years after the 1953 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 490 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N4957 according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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 N4957: Accident on June 11, 2024 at Port Alsworth, AK: 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":"Alaskan","region_code":"5","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":8,"serial_number":"490","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 1109","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00400675","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N4957","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1953,"zip":"996691109"}