{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2016-04-14","city":"WICHITA","country_code":"US","county_code":"173","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":"2029-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"gliders","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-28","maker":"Rolladen-Schneider","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"ROLLADEN-SCHNEIDER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"3801260","mode_s_code":"51463071","mode_s_hex":"A66639","model":"LS-6","n_number":"N511M","name":"LEONARD STEVEN E","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"GREEN RIVER","damage":"SUBS","date":"1998-06-11","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"FTW98LA262","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed.  Factor's were the unforecasted weather (tail wind) and the inadvertent stall/spin.","registration":"N511M","state":"UT","summary":"Accident on June 11, 1998 at Green River, UT: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"CABINS","damage":"SUBS","date":"1990-02-19","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"BFO90DIG01","probable_cause":"THE PILOT FAILED TO DETECT AND REMAIN CLEAR OF THE POWER LINE WHICH CROSSED THE FIELD IN WHICH HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE MODERATE TO SEVERE TURBULENCE IN THE AREA AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.","registration":"N511M","state":"WV","summary":"Accident on February 19, 1990 at Cabins, WV: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N511M is a Rolladen-Schneider LS-6, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Wichita, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 14, 2016 and expires on April 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 Leonard Steven E, an individual, certificate issued April 14, 2016, expires April 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 6037 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N511M was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Swearingen SA-226AT (serial AT017, cancelled February 20, 1980). 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":"2 NTSB records under N511M: Accident on June 11, 1998 at Green River, UT: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on February 19, 1990 at Cabins, WV: fatal, substantial damage (1 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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"6037","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"KS","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"11117 W WESTLAWN ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00490986","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N511M","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"672126411"}