{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2006-04-01","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2005-05-10","city":"KENT","country_code":"US","county_code":"033","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"99999","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"AMA/EXPR","engine_model":"UNKNOWN ENG","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-8","last_action_date":"2023-01-22","maker":"Paterson Jerry C","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PATERSON JERRY C","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05619QX","mode_s_code":"51671631","mode_s_hex":"A77399","model":"VAN RV-8","n_number":"N58AK","name":"PATERSON JERRY C","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"GAYLORD","damage":"SUBS","date":"1999-02-06","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI99LA086","probable_cause":"the pilot not obtaining proper runway centerline alignment during landing.  Associated factors were the pilot's obscured view through the iced windshield,  the runway lights not activating simultaneously with the approach lights, incomplete visual detection of the runway environment and no notice to airmen of the reduced reception of the runway light receiver.","registration":"N58AK","state":"MI","summary":"Accident on February 6, 1999 at Gaylord, MI: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N58AK is a Paterson Jerry C VAN RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2006. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Kent, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 10, 2005 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated April 1, 2006.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Paterson Jerry C, an individual, certificate issued May 10, 2005, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated April 1, 2006, consistent with the 2006 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 80479 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N58AK 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 N58AK: Accident on February 6, 1999 at Gaylord, MI: 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"80479","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"WA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"17656 SE 299TH PL","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00175199","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N58AK","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2006,"zip":"980429456"}