{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1957-04-20","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1987-07-24","city":"BRACKETTVILLE","country_code":"US","county_code":"271","cruise_speed_mph":131,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"35003","engine_horsepower":245,"engine_maker":"JACOBS","engine_model":"L4 /R755-7","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-twins","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-14","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2071302","mode_s_code":"51666217","mode_s_hex":"A76C8F","model":"T-50","n_number":"N578EK","name":"DAVIS LLOYD L JR","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"BRACKETTVILLE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1990-03-04","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"FTW90LA078","probable_cause":"AN ENGINE FAILURE CAUSED BY A MALFUNCTIONING CARBURETOR AND THE PILOT'S MISJUDGING HIS OBSTACLE CLEARANCE WHICH RESULTED IN A WIRE STRIKE WHILE MANEUVERING TO LAND. FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT WERE THE UNCOMMANDED DEPLOYMENT OF CARBURETOR HEAT ON BOTH ENGINES, AN INOPERATIVE GEAR RETRACTION SYSTEM, AND A PROPELLER SYSTEM WHICH COULD NOT BE FEATHERED.","registration":"N578EK","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on March 4, 1990 at Brackettville, TX: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N578EK is a Cessna T-50, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1942. It has 5 seats. It is registered to an individual in Brackettville, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 24, 1987 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated April 20, 1957.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Davis Lloyd L JR, an individual, certificate issued July 24, 1987, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 20, 1957, 15 years after the 1942 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 2581 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N578EK 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":"1 NTSB record under N578EK: Accident on March 4, 1990 at Brackettville, TX: 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":5,"serial_number":"2581","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 527","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00021515","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N578EK","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1942,"zip":"788320527"}