{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2004-12-08","airworthiness_ops":"Normal; Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-02-01","city":"FORT LAUDERDALE","country_code":"US","county_code":"011","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41522","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"AEIO-360 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2033-02-28","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-02-01","maker":"Zlin","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"ZLIN","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"9970224","mode_s_code":"51520062","mode_s_hex":"A6A032","model":"526L","n_number":"N526L","name":"DE WITT LUBA TRUSTEE","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"INOLA","damage":"DEST","date":"1990-04-10","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"FTW90FA093","probable_cause":"THE PILOT'S DECISION TO CONDUCT THE FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER AND HIS INABILITY TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. FACTORS WERE THE DARK NIGHT CONDITIONS AND THUNDERSTORMS.","registration":"N526L","state":"OK","summary":"Accident on April 10, 1990 at Inola, OK: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N526L is a Zlin 526L, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1971. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 1, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated December 8, 2004.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to De Witt Luba Trustee, an individual, certificate issued February 1, 2026, expires February 28, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated December 8, 2004, 33 years after the 1971 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 1158 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N526L was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mooney M20J (serial 241382, cancelled October 23, 1990). 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 N526L: Accident on April 10, 1990 at Inola, OK: 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":"1158","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"410 NW 1ST AVE APT 702","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00663632","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N526L","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1971,"zip":"333013391"}