{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2022-11-01","city":"CHUBBUCK","country_code":"US","county_code":"011","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2029-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-15","maker":"Pitts Aerobatics","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PITTS AEROBATICS","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7220450","mode_s_code":"51433642","mode_s_hex":"A637A2","model":"S-2B","n_number":"N50AL","name":"CARDON BENJAMIN P","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"SALINAS","damage":"SUBS","date":"1999-10-11","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX00LA007","probable_cause":"The pilot's inadequate compensation for the effects of torque and P-factor during a go-around from a bounced landing, which led to a loss of control and the inadvertent dragging of a wing.","registration":"N50AL","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on October 11, 1999 at Salinas, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N50AL is a Pitts Aerobatics S-2B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Chubbuck, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 1, 2022 and expires on November 30, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Cardon Benjamin P, an individual, certificate issued November 1, 2022, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5067 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N50AL 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 N50AL: Accident on October 11, 1999 at Salinas, CA: 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"5067","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"ID","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1374 JENA DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00063544","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N50AL","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"832027701"}