{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2008-01-20","airworthiness_ops":"Registered before Jan 31, 2008","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2007-08-24","city":"CANTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"057","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55566","engine_horsepower":52,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"503 DCDI","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-28","maker":"Flight Star Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"FLIGHT STAR INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"059029T","mode_s_code":"51515257","mode_s_hex":"A69AAF","model":"II SC","n_number":"N5244A","name":"JOHNSTON RICHARD A","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Bellevue","damage":"DEST","date":"2003-11-20","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"SEA04FA020","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude above mountainous terrain while maneuvering during descent.  Factors included the mountainous terrain, the high wind condition, and dark night light conditions.","registration":"N5244A","state":"ID","summary":"Accident on November 20, 2003 at Bellevue, ID: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N5244A is a Flight Star Inc II SC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine, built in 1997. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Canton, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 24, 2007 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated January 20, 2008.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Johnston Richard A, an individual, certificate issued August 24, 2007, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated January 20, 2008, 11 years after the 1997 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 FS1204 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N5244A was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna T210N (serial 21063324, cancelled May 11, 2004); Cessna 310 (serial 35444, cancelled May 12, 1969). 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":"1 NTSB record under N5244A: Accident on November 20, 2003 at Bellevue, ID: 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":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"FS1204","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"GA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"70 BOBWHITE TRL","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Two-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"7","unique_id":"00396099","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N5244A","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1997,"zip":"301154661"}