{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2003-02-24","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-11-08","city":"LARNED","country_code":"US","county_code":"145","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41530","engine_horsepower":300,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-540 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-11-08","maker":"Maule","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"MAULE","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"5470112","mode_s_code":"51600734","mode_s_hex":"A701DC","model":"M-7-260C","n_number":"N55000","name":"GROSS FLYING SERVICE INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Oregon","damage":"SUBS","date":"2015-03-10","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN15LA170","probable_cause":"Engine vibration for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.","registration":"N55000","state":"MO","summary":"Accident on March 10, 2015 at Oregon, MO: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"GABRIELS","damage":"DEST","date":"1992-01-03","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"DCA92MA016","probable_cause":"FAILURE OF THE CAPTAIN TO ESTABLISH A STABILIZED APPROACH, HIS INADEQUATE CROSS-CHECK OF INSTRUMENTS, HIS DESCENT BELOW SPECIFIED MINIMUM ALTITUDE AT THE FINAL APPROACH FIX, AND FAILURE OF THE COPILOT TO MONITOR THE APPROACH.  FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: WEATHER CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE PRECIPITATION STATIC INTERFERENCE, CAUSED BY INADEQUATE GROUNDING BETWEEN THE RADOME AND FUSELAGE THAT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN UNRELIABLE GLIDE SLOPE INDICATIONS.","registration":"N55000","state":"NY","summary":"Accident on January 3, 1992 at Gabriels, NY: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N55000 is a Maule M-7-260C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2003. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Gross Flying Service INC, a corporation in Larned, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 8, 2023 and expires on November 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 24, 2003.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Gross Flying Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 8, 2023, expires November 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated February 24, 2003, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 30031C for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N55000 was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Quicksilver Aircraft GT-500 (serial GT5TC0106, cancelled November 20, 1996); Beech 1900C (serial UC135, cancelled April 20, 1992); Piper PA-28-180 (serial 287305287, cancelled date not given). 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 N55000: Accident on March 10, 2015 at Oregon, MO: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on January 3, 1992 at Gabriels, NY: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). 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":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":5,"serial_number":"30031C","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"KS","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 393","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00009589","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N55000","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2003,"zip":"675500393"}