{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2007-09-08","airworthiness_ops":"Registered before Jan 31, 2008","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2007-05-21","city":"BENSON","country_code":"US","county_code":"003","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55558","engine_horsepower":65,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"582UL","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"light-sport","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-10-20","maker":"Powrachute","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"POWRACHUTE","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05901JZ","mode_s_code":"51473541","mode_s_hex":"A67761","model":"PEGASUS","n_number":"N5157T","name":"MERRILL CHESTER R","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Milton","damage":"DEST","date":"2004-09-23","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"MIA04FA128","probable_cause":"The pilots operation of the airplane with known deficiencies in the equipment based on witness statements describing an excessive rpm drop and rough running engine after starting, during the engine run-up, and after becoming airborne, his failure to abort the takeoff after an excessive takeoff roll, and his failure to maintain airspeed resulting in an inadvertent stall, uncontrolled descent, and in-flight collision with terrain.  A factor in the accident was the loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons.","registration":"N5157T","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on September 23, 2004 at Milton, FL: fatal, destroyed (4 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"ORLANDO","damage":"SUBS","date":"1990-12-09","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"MIA91LA041","probable_cause":"FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE LANDING ROLL.","registration":"N5157T","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on December 9, 1990 at Orlando, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N5157T is a Powrachute PEGASUS, a powered parachute with a four-stroke engine, built in 2003. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Benson, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 21, 2007 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated September 8, 2007.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Merrill Chester R, an individual, certificate issued May 21, 2007, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 8, 2007, 4 years after the 2003 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 A127PEG for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N5157T was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna R182 (serial R18201826, cancelled January 11, 2005); Champion 7GCAA (serial 151, cancelled March 19, 1974). 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 N5157T: Accident on September 23, 2004 at Milton, FL: fatal, destroyed (4 fatal). Accident on December 9, 1990 at Orlando, FL: 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":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"A127PEG","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AZ","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 2004","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Powered parachute","type_aircraft_code":"8","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"00357349","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N5157T","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2003,"zip":"856022004"}