{"airworthiness_class":"Light sport","airworthiness_date":"2016-03-04","airworthiness_ops":"Glider","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-06-06","city":"PORTLAND","country_code":"US","county_code":"051","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55574","engine_horsepower":80,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"912UL2","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2032-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-06-06","maker":"Pipistrel","maker_country":"SI","maker_raw":"PIPISTREL LSA S R L","maker_segment":"Piloted electric and eVTOL","mfr_mdl_code":"06001A8","mode_s_code":"51575517","mode_s_hex":"A6FB4F","model":"SINUS 912 LSA","n_number":"N549W","name":"HIGH CASCADE SOARING LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Little Valley","damage":"DEST","date":"2004-07-26","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"LAX04LA281","probable_cause":"the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate clearance from objects and terrain while maneuvering at low altitude.  Factors in the accident were the high, rising terrain, and the high density altitude.","registration":"N549W","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on July 26, 2004 at Little Valley, CA: serious injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N549W is a Pipistrel SINUS 912 LSA, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2015. It has 2 seats. It is registered to High Cascade Soaring LLC, an LLC in Portland, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 6, 2025 and expires on June 30, 2032. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for glider, dated March 4, 2016.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to High Cascade Soaring LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 6, 2025, expires June 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Light sport certificate for glider, dated March 4, 2016, consistent with the 2015 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 744 SFN 912 LSA for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N549W was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bell 206B (serial 2604, cancelled December 11, 2006). 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":"1 NTSB record under N549W: Accident on July 26, 2004 at Little Valley, CA: serious injuries, destroyed. 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":2,"serial_number":"744 SFN 912 LSA","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"OR","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 55312","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"01194201","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N549W","watchlist_group":"Electric airplane","watchlist_note":"Velis Electro, the first type-certified electric airplane, Slovenia","weight_class":"","year_mfr":2015,"zip":"972385312"}