{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2007-08-15","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2022-10-27","city":"STEWARTSTOWN","country_code":"US","county_code":"133","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"42145","engine_horsepower":160,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"O-320-D1A","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-6","last_action_date":"2023-09-09","maker":"Perry George Ernest","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PERRY GEORGE ERNEST","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05621VG","mode_s_code":"51463630","mode_s_hex":"A66798","model":"RV-6","n_number":"N51101","name":"SWEITZ-AIR IINC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"ATLANTIC OCEAN","damage":"DEST","date":"1990-11-17","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"MIA91LA027","probable_cause":"DELAY OF THE PILOT TO OBTAIN ASSISTANCE AND, AS A RESULT, HE DITCHED THE AIRPLANE NEAR A BOAT DUE TO A LOW FUEL SUPPLY.","registration":"N51101","state":"AO","summary":"Accident on November 17, 1990 at Atlantic Ocean, AO: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N51101 is a Perry George Ernest RV-6, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Sweitz-Air Iinc, a corporation in Stewartstown, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 27, 2022 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 15, 2007.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Sweitz-Air Iinc, a corporation, certificate issued October 27, 2022, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 23985 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N51101 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Air Tractor Inc AT-802A (serial 802A-0154, cancelled May 28, 2003); Cessna 172P (serial 17274267, cancelled October 21, 1993). 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 N51101: Accident on November 17, 1990 at Atlantic Ocean, AO: fatal, destroyed (2 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":2,"serial_number":"23985","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"PA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"13332 MOUNT OLIVET RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00263109","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N51101","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"173638426"}