{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1977-11-23","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-11-04","city":"ENID","country_code":"US","county_code":"047","cruise_speed_mph":120,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41593","engine_horsepower":200,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-360-A1B6D","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2032-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-11-04","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2073709","mode_s_code":"51524610","mode_s_hex":"A6A988","model":"177RG","n_number":"N52838","name":"BENHAM AVIATION LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"DE FUNIAK SPGS","damage":"SUBS","date":"1990-10-14","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"MIA91LA009","probable_cause":"THE LOOSE FUEL CAP AND FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO ASSURE THE AIRCRAFT WAS PROPERLY PREFLIGHTED,  WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL SIPHONING AND SUBSEQUENT FUEL EXHAUSTION. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE:  FAULTY FUEL QUANTITY GAGES, THE PILOT'S DECISION TO FLY WITH KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN THE AIRCRAFT, DARK NIGHT, LACK OF A SUITABLE LANDING AREA, AND THE VEHICLE.","registration":"N52838","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on October 14, 1990 at De Funiak Spgs, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N52838 is a Cessna 177RG, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1977. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Benham Aviation LLC, an LLC in Enid, Oklahoma. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 4, 2025 and expires on November 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 23, 1977.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Benham Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 4, 2025, expires November 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated November 23, 1977, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 177RG1284 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N52838 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":"1 NTSB record under N52838: Accident on October 14, 1990 at De Funiak Spgs, FL: minor 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":4,"serial_number":"177RG1284","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"OK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1901 INDIAN DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00102585","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N52838","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1977,"zip":"737036710"}