{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1995-10-14","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2013-10-25","city":"ITHACA","country_code":"US","county_code":"109","cruise_speed_mph":67,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17009","engine_horsepower":95,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"C90 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-09","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7101102","mode_s_code":"51422777","mode_s_hex":"A625FF","model":"PA-11","n_number":"N4957G","name":"SANFORD MARK J","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"HAYWARD","damage":"DEST","date":"1983-07-02","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"LAX83LA315","probable_cause":"","registration":"N4957G","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on July 2, 1983 at Hayward, CA: minor injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N4957G is a Piper PA-11, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1947. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Ithaca, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 25, 2013 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated October 14, 1995.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Sanford Mark J, an individual, certificate issued October 25, 2013, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 14, 1995, 48 years after the 1947 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 11-9 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N4957G was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172N (serial 17273504, cancelled February 3, 1989). 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 N4957G: Accident on July 2, 1983 at Hayward, CA: minor injuries, destroyed. 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"11-9","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NY","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"65 TURKEY HILL RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00722637","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N4957G","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1947,"zip":"148502936"}