{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2015-07-14","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2024-03-20","city":"VAN ALSTYNE","country_code":"US","county_code":"181","cruise_speed_mph":88,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17060","engine_horsepower":350,"engine_maker":"TCM CONT","engine_model":"TSIO 520 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2031-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-twins","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-03-20","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2076404","mode_s_code":"51711115","mode_s_hex":"A7924D","model":"340","n_number":"N5870M","name":"MCDONALD BRIAN L","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"McKinney","damage":"SUBS","date":"2017-09-09","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN17LA351","probable_cause":"The failure of the bell crank pivot bolt which resulted in the left main landing gear collapse.  Contributing to the accident was the lack of landing gear inspections in accordance with the airplane manufacturer's maintenance manuals.","registration":"N5870M","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on September 9, 2017 at Mckinney, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N5870M is a Cessna 340, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1972. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Van Alstyne, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 20, 2024 and expires on March 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 14, 2015.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Mcdonald Brian L, an individual, certificate issued March 20, 2024, expires March 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 14, 2015, 43 years after the 1972 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 3400058 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N5870M 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 N5870M: Accident on September 9, 2017 at Mckinney, 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":6,"serial_number":"3400058","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 1896","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00972403","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N5870M","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1972,"zip":"754951896"}