{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2018-12-18","city":"HOUSTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"201","cruise_speed_mph":262,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2028-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-04-15","maker":"Vickers/Supermarine","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"VICKERS/SUPERMARINE","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"9470108","mode_s_code":"51433355","mode_s_hex":"A636ED","model":"SPITFIRE VB","n_number":"N5TF","name":"COMANCHE WARBIRDS INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Marana","damage":"SUBS","date":"2017-07-04","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR17LA141","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll.","registration":"N5TF","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on July 4, 2017 at Marana, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N5TF is a Vickers/Supermarine SPITFIRE VB, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Comanche Warbirds INC, a corporation in Houston, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 18, 2018 and expires on December 31, 2028. 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 Comanche Warbirds INC, a corporation, certificate issued December 18, 2018, expires December 31, 2028. 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 CBAF 2405 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N5TF was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Vickers Supermarineltd SPITFIRE VC (serial JG891, cancelled October 25, 2017). 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 N5TF: Accident on July 4, 2017 at Marana, AZ: 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":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":2,"serial_number":"CBAF 2405","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1375 ENCLAVE PKWY","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01282674","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N5TF","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"770772026"}