{"airworthiness_class":"Light sport","airworthiness_date":"2021-07-23","airworthiness_ops":"Airplane","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-07-07","city":"DES PLAINES","country_code":"US","county_code":"031","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55593","engine_horsepower":100,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"912 IS","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2033-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":1,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-07-07","maker":"Scoda Aeronautica Ltda","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SCODA AERONAUTICA LTDA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"06001A5","mode_s_code":"51527662","mode_s_hex":"A6AFB2","model":"SUPER PETREL LS","n_number":"N53SP","name":"BROOKS DAVID W","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"CANTON","damage":"DEST","date":"2000-09-01","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"MIA00LA257","probable_cause":"The pilot's inadequate visual lookout which resulted in the helicopter colliding with power lines, catching fire, and being consumed by fire after landing.","registration":"N53SP","state":"MS","summary":"Accident on September 1, 2000 at Canton, MS: serious injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"KEYSTONE HGTS.","damage":"SUBS","date":"1989-05-30","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"MIA89LA165","probable_cause":"THE TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM BECAME DISCONNECTED DUE TO A BENT TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT.  THE TREES CONTRIBUTED TO THE HELICOPTER DAMAGE.","registration":"N53SP","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on May 30, 1989 at Keystone Hgts., FL: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"CLEVELAND","damage":"SUBS","date":"1986-06-20","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"MIA86LA222","probable_cause":"","registration":"N53SP","state":"MS","summary":"Accident on June 20, 1986 at Cleveland, MS: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N53SP is a Scoda Aeronautica Ltda SUPER PETREL LS, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2021. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Des Plaines, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 7, 2026 and expires on July 31, 2033. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated July 23, 2021.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Brooks David W, an individual, certificate issued July 7, 2026, expires July 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Light sport certificate for airplane, dated July 23, 2021, consistent with the 2021 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial S0383 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N53SP was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Bell 47G-3B-1 (serial 67-17111, cancelled August 10, 2001); Bell 47G-3B-1 (serial 668094, cancelled May 24, 1976). 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":"3 NTSB records under N53SP: Accident on September 1, 2000 at Canton, MS: serious injuries, destroyed. Accident on May 30, 1989 at Keystone Hgts., FL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 20, 1986 at Cleveland, MS: no 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"S0383","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"750 PEARSON ST APT 606","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"01340449","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N53SP","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2021,"zip":"600169212"}