{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2009-08-21","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2009-04-28","city":"MARION","country_code":"US","county_code":"125","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"99999","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"AMA/EXPR","engine_model":"UNKNOWN ENG","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"GLASAIR AVIATION LLC","kit_model":"SPORTSMAN 2+2","last_action_date":"2023-10-13","maker":"Dykstra Dennis D","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"DYKSTRA DENNIS D","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056277T","mode_s_code":"51610471","mode_s_hex":"A71139","model":"GS-2 SPORTSMAN","n_number":"N5544P","name":"DYKSTRA DENNIS D","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Mobile","damage":"SUBS","date":"2001-04-05","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"LAX01LA139","probable_cause":"The certified flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the dual student who failed to recognize the extent of the crosswind and lost directional control.  A factor in the accident was the variable wind condition.","registration":"N5544P","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on April 5, 2001 at Mobile, AZ: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N5544P is a Dykstra Dennis D GS-2 SPORTSMAN, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Marion, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 28, 2009 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 21, 2009.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Dykstra Dennis D, an individual, certificate issued April 28, 2009, expires March 31, 2030. 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 7101 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N5544P was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Beech F33A (serial CE-1336, cancelled March 1, 2002); Piper PA-24-250 (serial 24-608, cancelled April 28, 1967). 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 N5544P: Accident on April 5, 2001 at Mobile, AZ: 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"7101","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"SD","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"44791 269TH ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01029962","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N5544P","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"570435110"}