{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2016-03-10","airworthiness_ops":"Exhibition; Racing","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2019-11-08","city":"BETHEL PARK","country_code":"US","county_code":"003","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"99999","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"AMA/EXPR","engine_model":"UNKNOWN ENG","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"gliders","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-15","maker":"Sportine Aviacija (LAK)","maker_country":"LT","maker_raw":"SPORTINE AVIACIJA IR KO","maker_segment":"Electric glider","mfr_mdl_code":"05631PN","mode_s_code":"51527431","mode_s_hex":"A6AF19","model":"LAK-17B FES","n_number":"N53LL","name":"OCONNOR GERALD P","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N53LL is a Sportine Aviacija (LAK) LAK-17B FES, a glider with no engine, built in 2015. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 8, 2019 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated March 10, 2016.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Oconnor Gerald P, an individual, certificate issued November 8, 2019, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for exhibition; racing, dated March 10, 2016, consistent with the 2015 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 237 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N53LL was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bell 47G-3B-1 (serial 3445, cancelled September 8, 2010). 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":"No NTSB investigation records located under N53LL. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"237","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"PA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"2704 SUMMIT ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"01177752","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N53LL","watchlist_group":"Electric glider","watchlist_note":"LAK-17 with front electric sustainer","weight_class":"","year_mfr":2015,"zip":"151022028"}