{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1989-08-04","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2002-02-07","city":"BLOOMINGTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"053","cruise_speed_mph":108,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41508","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-320 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-02-28","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7102803","mode_s_code":"51512553","mode_s_hex":"A6956B","model":"PA-28-161","n_number":"N523PU","name":"METRO AIRCRAFT CO","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"New Ulm","damage":"SUBS","date":"2008-08-24","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI08CA265","probable_cause":"The failure of airport personnel to correct a hazardous condition on the airport.  A factor was the uncovered manhole.","registration":"N523PU","state":"MN","summary":"Accident on August 24, 2008 at New Ulm, MN: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"New Ulm","damage":"SUBS","date":"2001-11-06","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI02LA031","probable_cause":"The student and flight instructor not using all of the available runway, the inadequate supervision by the flight instructor and the unsuccessful remedial action by the flight instructor.  The student not attaining the proper touchdown point and the plowed field were factors.","registration":"N523PU","state":"MN","summary":"Accident on November 6, 2001 at New Ulm, MN: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"W. LAFAYETTE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1994-09-17","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI94LA335","probable_cause":"THE PILOT'S IMPROPER LEVEL-OFF AND RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S LACK OF TRAINING FOR RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDINGS AND/OR ABORTED TAKEOFFS.","registration":"N523PU","state":"IN","summary":"Accident on September 17, 1994 at W. Lafayette, IN: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N523PU is a Piper PA-28-161, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1989. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Metro Aircraft CO, a corporation in Bloomington, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 7, 2002 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated August 4, 1989.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Metro Aircraft CO, a corporation, certificate issued February 7, 2002, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate, dated August 4, 1989, consistent with the 1989 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2841188 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N523PU 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":"3 NTSB records under N523PU: Accident on August 24, 2008 at New Ulm, MN: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 6, 2001 at New Ulm, MN: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 17, 1994 at W. Lafayette, IN: 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":4,"serial_number":"2841188","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1600 W 82ND ST STE 100","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00804591","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N523PU","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1989,"zip":"554311411"}