{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2003-12-17","city":"HUMBOLDT","country_code":"US","county_code":"113","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2029-02-28","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"STODDARD HAMILTON","kit_model":"GLASAIR II SUPER FT","last_action_date":"2023-07-18","maker":"Johnson Gary","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"JOHNSON GARY","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05616MI","mode_s_code":"51527671","mode_s_hex":"A6AFB9","model":"GLASAIR FT SPR II-S","n_number":"N53SW","name":"JOHNSON GARY F","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"NASHVILLE","damage":"MINR","date":"1996-07-08","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"ATL96FA101","probable_cause":"the captain's improper rejected takeoff, in that the takeoff was rejected after V1, and the flight attendants' improper use of the evacuation procedure, in that an evacuation was independently initiated without the captain's approval, and without assessing the condition and location of the fire.  Factors related to the accident were: bird ingestion in the left engine near lift-off speed during the takeoff roll, and company's inadequate Crew Resource Management (CRM) training for flight attendants.","registration":"N53SW","state":"TN","summary":"Accident on July 8, 1996 at Nashville, TN: serious injuries, minor damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"LITTLE ROCK","damage":"MINR","date":"1994-01-19","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"FTW94IA070","probable_cause":"WAS THE LANDING GEAR SEPARATION DUE TO AN UNDETERMINED CAUSE.","registration":"N53SW","state":"AR","summary":"Incident on January 19, 1994 at Little Rock, AR: no injuries, minor damage.","type":"INC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N53SW is a Johnson Gary GLASAIR FT SPR II-S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Humboldt, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 17, 2003 and expires on February 28, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Johnson Gary F, an individual, certificate issued December 17, 2003, expires February 28, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2382 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N53SW was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Boeing 737-2H4 (serial 21534, cancelled April 2, 1999). 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":"2 NTSB records under N53SW: Accident on July 8, 1996 at Nashville, TN: serious injuries, minor damage. Incident on January 19, 1994 at Little Rock, AR: no injuries, minor 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":"2382","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"420 SCARBROUGH LOOP","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00081979","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N53SW","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"383438426"}