{"airworthiness_class":"Light sport","airworthiness_date":"2017-05-24","airworthiness_ops":"Powered parachute","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2014-09-16","city":"MANHATTAN","country_code":"US","county_code":"161","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55556","engine_horsepower":65,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"582SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-09-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"light-sport","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-03-17","maker":"Powrachute","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"POWRACHUTE","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"059024S","mode_s_code":"51521023","mode_s_hex":"A6A213","model":"PEGASUS","n_number":"N52631","name":"GIFFORD EDWARD C","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Manhattan","damage":"SUBS","date":"2023-10-21","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"CEN24LA031","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s improper modification of the engine cooling system that resulted in an engine overheat and total loss of power. Contributing to the accident was the pilot\u2019s decision to continue the flight after the engine overheat light illuminated instead of performing a precautionary landing.","registration":"N52631","state":"KS","summary":"Accident on October 21, 2023 at Manhattan, KS: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N52631 is a Powrachute PEGASUS, a powered parachute with a two-stroke engine, built in 2006. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Manhattan, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 16, 2014 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for powered parachute, dated May 24, 2017.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Gifford Edward C, an individual, certificate issued September 16, 2014, expires September 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 24, 2017, 11 years after the 2006 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 A181PEG for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N52631 was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Cessna 182P (serial 18262728, cancelled May 15, 1974); Boeing C-97-G (serial 52-2631, cancelled June 27, 1970); Consolidated Vultee BT-13A (serial 6416, cancelled March 22, 1956). 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 N52631: Accident on October 21, 2023 at Manhattan, KS: 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":2,"serial_number":"A181PEG","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"KS","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"3325 DEMPSEY RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Powered parachute","type_aircraft_code":"8","type_engine":"Two-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"7","unique_id":"00359669","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N52631","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2006,"zip":"665028980"}