{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1973-07-12","airworthiness_ops":"Normal; Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2016-12-07","city":"PAWCATUCK","country_code":"US","county_code":"011","cruise_speed_mph":99,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17026","engine_horsepower":230,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"O-470 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-22","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2074002","mode_s_code":"51507555","mode_s_hex":"A68F6D","model":"305A","n_number":"N5213G","name":"SIMMONS AVIATION SERVICES LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"WARREN","damage":"DEST","date":"1998-10-05","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"IAD99FA004","probable_cause":"The glider pilot's failure to perform the emergency tow release and abort the takeoff.  A factor in the accident was the glider pilot's improper decision to make repeated attempts to close the canopy in flight.","registration":"N5213G","state":"VT","summary":"Accident on October 5, 1998 at Warren, VT: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N5213G is a Cessna 305A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1951. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Simmons Aviation Services LLC, an LLC in Pawcatuck, Connecticut. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 7, 2016 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated July 12, 1973.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Simmons Aviation Services LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 7, 2016, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 12, 1973, 22 years after the 1951 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 21573 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N5213G 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 N5213G: Accident on October 5, 1998 at Warren, VT: fatal, destroyed (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":"New England","region_code":"E","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":2,"serial_number":"21573","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"353 GREENHAVEN RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00722355","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N5213G","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1951,"zip":"063792093"}