{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1988-05-06","airworthiness_ops":"Racing; Exhibition","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2022-12-17","city":"SALEM","country_code":"US","county_code":"073","cruise_speed_mph":240,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"52016","engine_horsepower":600,"engine_maker":"P&W","engine_model":"R1340 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":"Canadian Car & Foundry","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CANADIAN CAR & FOUNDRY","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1922828","mode_s_code":"51515572","mode_s_hex":"A69B7A","model":"HARVARD MK IV","n_number":"N52494","name":"NAVY FLIGHT TRAINER LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Oshkosh","damage":"SUBS","date":"2024-07-25","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR24LA253","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop.","registration":"N52494","state":"WI","summary":"Accident on July 25, 2024 at Oshkosh, WI: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"GLEN WILLOW","damage":"DEST","date":"1986-08-15","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ATL86FEI09","probable_cause":"","registration":"N52494","state":"OH","summary":"Accident on August 15, 1986 at Glen Willow, OH: no injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N52494 is a Canadian Car & Foundry HARVARD MK IV, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Navy Flight Trainer LLC, an LLC in Salem, South Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 17, 2022 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated May 6, 1988.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Navy Flight Trainer LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 17, 2022, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for racing; exhibition; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CCF4-387 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N52494 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Boeing A75N1 (serial 75-4377, cancelled January 19, 1971); Cessna 182P (serial 18262645, cancelled date not given). 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 N52494: Accident on July 25, 2024 at Oshkosh, WI: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 15, 1986 at Glen Willow, OH: no injuries, destroyed. 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":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":2,"serial_number":"CCF4-387","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"SC","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"22 MARINA VILLAGE WAY","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00454161","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N52494","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"296764502"}