{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2002-09-13","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2017-06-07","city":"SLIDELL","country_code":"US","county_code":"103","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"99999","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"AMA/EXPR","engine_model":"UNKNOWN ENG","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-8","last_action_date":"2023-01-22","maker":"Parker Robert G","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PARKER ROBERT G","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05614S6","mode_s_code":"51457632","mode_s_hex":"A65F9A","model":"VANS RV8","n_number":"N51FG","name":"ELLIS THOMAS T","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"YPSILANTI","damage":"DEST","date":"1993-06-08","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"CHI93FA193","probable_cause":"THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION, FALSE INDICATION (ON/OFF) OF ATTITUDE INDICATOR, AND ATTITUDE INDICATOR SWITCHED OFF.  FACTORS WERE FOG, LOW CEILING, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S IMPROPER USE OF THE ATTITUDE INDICATOR, AND HIS LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE IN THE TYPE OF AIRPLANE.","registration":"N51FG","state":"MI","summary":"Accident on June 8, 1993 at Ypsilanti, MI: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"BELLESVILLE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1984-12-19","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI85FA072","probable_cause":"","registration":"N51FG","state":"MI","summary":"Accident on December 19, 1984 at Bellesville, MI: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N51FG is a Parker Robert G VANS RV8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2002. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Slidell, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 7, 2017 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 13, 2002.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Ellis Thomas T, an individual, certificate issued June 7, 2017, expires June 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated September 13, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 44-14400 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N51FG was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech E18S (serial BA324, cancelled November 18, 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":"2 NTSB records under N51FG: Accident on June 8, 1993 at Ypsilanti, MI: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on December 19, 1984 at Bellesville, MI: 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"44-14400","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"LA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"151 INDUSTRIAL DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00006409","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N51FG","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2002,"zip":"704604651"}