{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1978-05-08","airworthiness_ops":"Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-04-24","city":"SALOME","country_code":"US","county_code":"012","cruise_speed_mph":138,"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":"2030-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-11-18","maker":"Beech","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BEECH","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1151604","mode_s_code":"51426303","mode_s_hex":"A62CC3","model":"A36","n_number":"N4972M","name":"ZENITH AIR LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Rock Springs","damage":"SUBS","date":"2012-06-22","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR12LA309","probable_cause":"The total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation because of the incorrectly installed fuel cap. Contributing to the accident was the pilot\u2019s decision to continue the flight using fuel from the left fuel tank after she observed fuel streaming from the left fuel tank cap.","registration":"N4972M","state":"WY","summary":"Accident on June 22, 2012 at Rock Springs, WY: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N4972M is a Beech A36, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Zenith Air LLC, an LLC in Salome, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 24, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated May 8, 1978.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Zenith Air LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 24, 2023, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for utility, dated May 8, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial E-1275 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N4972M was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-11 (serial 11-460, cancelled January 30, 1950). 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 N4972M: Accident on June 22, 2012 at Rock Springs, WY: no 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":6,"serial_number":"E-1275","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AZ","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 2815","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00800735","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N4972M","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1978,"zip":"853482815"}