{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2014-07-23","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2014-04-02","city":"BAINBRIDGE ISLAND","country_code":"US","county_code":"035","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"01306","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"AEROSPORT","engine_model":"IO-360 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-04-30","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":"2023-10-20","maker":"Turpen Kenneth P","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"TURPEN KENNETH P","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056269Z","mode_s_code":"51766363","mode_s_hex":"A7ECF3","model":"RV-8","n_number":"N61FS","name":"TURPEN KENNETH P","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Yankton","damage":"SUBS","date":"2009-10-05","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"WPR10LA006","probable_cause":"The pilot's inadequate planning during an instrument approach and failure to maintain the published minimum altitudes, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.","registration":"N61FS","state":"OR","summary":"Accident on October 5, 2009 at Yankton, OR: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N61FS is a Turpen Kenneth P RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2014. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Bainbridge Island, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 2, 2014 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 23, 2014.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Turpen Kenneth P, an individual, certificate issued April 2, 2014, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated July 23, 2014, consistent with the 2014 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 83145 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N61FS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Turpen Kenneth P RV-8 (serial 82448, cancelled December 8, 2011). 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 N61FS: Accident on October 5, 2009 at Yankton, OR: serious 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":"83145","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"WA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"3750 CRYSTAL SPRINGS DR NE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01147131","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N61FS","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2014,"zip":"981102075"}