{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1988-09-30","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"","city":"MORRISTOWN","country_code":"US","county_code":"063","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17019","engine_horsepower":225,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"TSIO-360 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-05-06","maker":"Mooney Aircraft Corp.","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP.","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"5870220","mode_s_code":"51517154","mode_s_hex":"A69E6C","model":"M20K","n_number":"N5254G","name":"PRESSLEY BRENT DBA","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Venice","damage":"SUBS","date":"2017-12-22","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ERA18LA058","probable_cause":"A failure of the normal landing gear extension system for reasons that could not be determined due to damage to the system and the pilot's failure to ensure that the landing gear was down and locked before touchdown. Contributing to the accident was the pilot\u2019s distraction due to weather and traffic.","registration":"N5254G","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on December 22, 2017 at Venice, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Hudson","damage":"SUBS","date":"2013-06-28","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"CEN13LA388","probable_cause":"The pilot's improper fuel management, which resulted in the loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.","registration":"N5254G","state":"CO","summary":"Accident on June 28, 2013 at Hudson, CO: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"SMOKY MOUNTAIN AEROPLANES","plain_english":"N5254G is a Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1988. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Morristown, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on  and expires on . It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 30, 1988.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Pressley Brent DBA, an individual, certificate issued , expires date not given. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated September 30, 1988, consistent with the 1988 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 25-1180 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N5254G 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":"2 NTSB records under N5254G: Accident on December 22, 2017 at Venice, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 28, 2013 at Hudson, CO: serious 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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":4,"serial_number":"25-1180","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"338 PIPER ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00124341","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N5254G","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1988,"zip":"378141020"}