{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2007-12-18","airworthiness_ops":"Registered before Jan 31, 2008","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2007-11-07","city":"EARLEVILLE","country_code":"US","county_code":"015","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55562","engine_horsepower":65,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"582DCDI","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"light-sport","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-06-16","maker":"Heldeberg Designs Llc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"HELDEBERG DESIGNS LLC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05903YB","mode_s_code":"51610514","mode_s_hex":"A7114C","model":"MARATHON 2 PLACE","n_number":"N55448","name":"GARDNER EDMOND J","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Downing","damage":"DEST","date":"2004-10-30","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"CHI05FA020","probable_cause":"The pilot not maintaing airplane control during cruise flight.  Factors present were night and thunderstorm conditions.","registration":"N55448","state":"MO","summary":"Accident on October 30, 2004 at Downing, MO: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"BORON","damage":"SUBS","date":"1985-04-21","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"LAX85LA212","probable_cause":"","registration":"N55448","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on April 21, 1985 at Boron, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N55448 is a Heldeberg Designs Llc MARATHON 2 PLACE, a powered parachute with a two-stroke engine, built in 2007. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Earleville, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 7, 2007 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated December 18, 2007.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Gardner Edmond J, an individual, certificate issued November 7, 2007, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated December 18, 2007, consistent with the 2007 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial HD07153M for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N55448 was previously assigned to 4 other aircraft: Beech A36 (serial E-2548, cancelled July 19, 2005); Piper PA-28-140 (serial 287325404, cancelled August 6, 1974); Fairchild M-62A (serial T42-1735, cancelled December 1, 1955). 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 N55448: Accident on October 30, 2004 at Downing, MO: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal). Accident on April 21, 1985 at Boron, CA: minor 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"HD07153M","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MD","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"721 KNIGHT ISLAND RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Powered parachute","type_aircraft_code":"8","type_engine":"Two-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"7","unique_id":"00409239","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N55448","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2007,"zip":"219193212"}