{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1981-09-25","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2015-04-17","city":"YPSILANTI","country_code":"US","county_code":"161","cruise_speed_mph":165,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17032","engine_horsepower":285,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"IO 520 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-twins","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-05","maker":"Beech","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BEECH","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1152740","mode_s_code":"51704267","mode_s_hex":"A788B7","model":"58","n_number":"N585CK","name":"KALITTA CHARTERS LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Defiance","damage":"DEST","date":"2022-01-09","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"CEN22FA096","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s loss of airplane control while flying in night instrument conditions due to spatial disorientation and the flight crew\u2019s inability to recover from an unusual airplane attitude.","registration":"N585CK","state":"MO","summary":"Accident on January 9, 2022 at Defiance, MO: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"BEAUFORT","damage":"SUBS","date":"1997-08-28","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ATL97LA126","probable_cause":"failure of the pilot to ensure the tailwheel was properly locked, while taking off on an asphalt runway, which led to loss of directional control and a ground swerve.","registration":"N585CK","state":"NC","summary":"Accident on August 28, 1997 at Beaufort, NC: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"WEINER","damage":"SUBS","date":"1994-05-16","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"FTW94LA163","probable_cause":"THE PILOT SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FOR THE TAKEOFF.","registration":"N585CK","state":"AR","summary":"Accident on May 16, 1994 at Weiner, AR: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N585CK is a Beech 58, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1981. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Kalitta Charters LLC, an LLC in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 17, 2015 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 25, 1981.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Kalitta Charters LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 17, 2015, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated September 25, 1981, consistent with the 1981 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial TH-1299 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N585CK 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":"3 NTSB records under N585CK: Accident on January 9, 2022 at Defiance, MO: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Accident on August 28, 1997 at Beaufort, NC: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 16, 1994 at Weiner, AR: 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":6,"serial_number":"TH-1299","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MI","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"843 WILLOW RUN AIRPORT","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00663290","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N585CK","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1981,"zip":"481980899"}