{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2016-05-02","city":"BEMIDJI","country_code":"US","county_code":"007","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2029-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-twins","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-04","maker":"Beech","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BEECH","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1152801","mode_s_code":"52014611","mode_s_hex":"A81989","model":"U-8F","n_number":"N62069","name":"BEMIDJI AVIATION SERVICES INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Goodland","damage":"SUBS","date":"2021-06-17","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"CEN21LA274","probable_cause":"Maintenance personnel\u2019s inadequate inspection of the airplane, which failed to detect and correct chafed electrical wiring and a degraded fuel bladder with holes, which resulted in ignition of fuel vapor and a right wing explosion.","registration":"N62069","state":"KS","summary":"Accident on June 17, 2021 at Goodland, KS: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Sidney","damage":"SUBS","date":"2019-07-09","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN19LA215","probable_cause":"The improper maintenance of the outboard left wing, which allowed electrical arcing and leaking of the fuel sending unit and subsequently resulted in ignition of fuel vapors and an explosion of the outboard left wing.","registration":"N62069","state":"NE","summary":"Accident on July 9, 2019 at Sidney, NE: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Colby","damage":"SUBS","date":"2019-02-22","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN19LA086","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to properly secure the crew hatch door before takeoff, which resulted in his distraction and his failure to maintain airplane control and airspeed.","registration":"N62069","state":"KS","summary":"Accident on February 22, 2019 at Colby, KS: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N62069 is a Beech U-8F, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine. It has 9 seats. It is registered to Bemidji Aviation Services INC, a corporation in Bemidji, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 2, 2016 and expires on May 31, 2029. 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 Bemidji Aviation Services INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 2, 2016, expires May 31, 2029. 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 62-3866 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N62069 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Maule M-5-210C (serial 6094C, cancelled June 1, 1979). 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":"3 NTSB records under N62069: Accident on June 17, 2021 at Goodland, KS: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 9, 2019 at Sidney, NE: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on February 22, 2019 at Colby, KS: 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":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":9,"serial_number":"62-3866","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"4125 HANGAR DR NW","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00184242","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N62069","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"566016243"}