{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1983-10-24","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-05-06","city":"COTTONWOOD","country_code":"US","county_code":"089","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41505","engine_horsepower":115,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-235 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2033-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-05-06","maker":"Hopelain/Rice","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"HOPELAIN/RICE","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056096S","mode_s_code":"51557726","mode_s_hex":"A6DFD6","model":"LONG-EZ","n_number":"N542EZ","name":"LESHER CALEB J","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Saratoga","damage":"SUBS","date":"2006-07-06","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"DEN06CA093","probable_cause":"the pilot's failure to maintain direction control during the takeoff roll.","registration":"N542EZ","state":"WY","summary":"Accident on July 6, 2006 at Saratoga, WY: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"ASPEN","damage":"SUBS","date":"1997-08-09","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"FTW97LA306","probable_cause":"Failure of the pilot to maintain direction control of the aircraft during landing roll, which resulted in a ground swerve and subsequent collapse of the right main landing gear.  A related factor was the pilot's lack of experience in the make and model of aircraft.","registration":"N542EZ","state":"CO","summary":"Accident on August 9, 1997 at Aspen, CO: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N542EZ is a Hopelain/Rice LONG-EZ, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Cottonwood, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 6, 2026 and expires on May 31, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 24, 1983.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Lesher Caleb J, an individual, certificate issued May 6, 2026, expires May 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 80 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N542EZ 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":"2 NTSB records under N542EZ: Accident on July 6, 2006 at Saratoga, WY: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 9, 1997 at Aspen, CO: 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"80","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"22043 HATCHER DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00590313","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N542EZ","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"960227611"}