{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1987-01-28","city":"WESTLAKE VILLAGE","country_code":"US","county_code":"111","cruise_speed_mph":126,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2029-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-03-12","maker":"Mooney","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"MOONEY","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"5870219","mode_s_code":"51654376","mode_s_hex":"A758FE","model":"M20J","n_number":"N57257","name":"MOULTON LAWRENCE W","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"KERRVILLE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1987-10-09","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"FTW88LA002","probable_cause":"","registration":"N57257","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on October 9, 1987 at Kerrville, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N57257 is a Mooney M20J, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Westlake Village, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 28, 1987 and expires on May 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Moulton Lawrence W, an individual, certificate issued January 28, 1987, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 24-1605 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N57257 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Aero Commander 500 S (serial 3197, cancelled June 2, 1981); Rockwell Commander 690A (serial 11285, cancelled June 2, 1981). 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 N57257: Accident on October 9, 1987 at Kerrville, TX: 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":4,"serial_number":"24-1605","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"4301 COACHMAN CIR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00313447","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N57257","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"913625108"}