{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2014-04-17","airworthiness_ops":"Exhibition","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2019-06-19","city":"BREWSTER","country_code":"US","county_code":"001","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"63601","engine_horsepower":350,"engine_maker":"VEDENEYEV","engine_model":"M14P","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-11","maker":"Yakovlev","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"YAKOVLEV","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"9830224","mode_s_code":"51577471","mode_s_hex":"A6FF39","model":"YAK-55M","n_number":"N55YA","name":"DAY IAIN A","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"North Kingstown","damage":"SUBS","date":"2024-08-10","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"ERA24LA343","probable_cause":"The non-certificated pilot\u2019s lack of experience in the tailwheel-equipped airplane and his decision to land in a quartering tailwind, which resulted in a loss of directional control on landing.","registration":"N55YA","state":"RI","summary":"Accident on August 10, 2024 at North Kingstown, RI: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Troy","damage":"SUBS","date":"2003-10-14","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ATL04LA029","probable_cause":"A loss of engine power due to a fractured connecting rod for undetermined reasons.","registration":"N55YA","state":"AL","summary":"Accident on October 14, 2003 at Troy, AL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N55YA is a Yakovlev YAK-55M, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1992. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Brewster, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 19, 2019 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated April 17, 2014.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Day Iain A, an individual, certificate issued June 19, 2019, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 17, 2014, 22 years after the 1992 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 930804 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N55YA 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 N55YA: Accident on August 10, 2024 at North Kingstown, RI: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 14, 2003 at Troy, AL: 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":"New England","region_code":"E","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"930804","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"122 S POND DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00355402","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N55YA","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1992,"zip":"026311996"}