{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2017-04-19","city":"BRANSON","country_code":"US","county_code":"213","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":"2030-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"balloons","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-10-20","maker":"Aerostar International Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"AEROSTAR INTERNATIONAL INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7485057","mode_s_code":"52042341","mode_s_hex":"A844E1","model":"RAVEN S57-A","n_number":"N63178","name":"WILLIAMS RODNEY L","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"LONSDALE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1988-06-30","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"CHI88LA146","probable_cause":"","registration":"N63178","state":"MN","summary":"Accident on June 30, 1988 at Lonsdale, MN: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"WEST BEND","damage":"SUBS","date":"1984-01-26","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI84LA096","probable_cause":"","registration":"N63178","state":"WI","summary":"Accident on January 26, 1984 at West Bend, WI: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N63178 is an Aerostar International Inc RAVEN S57-A, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Branson, Missouri. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 19, 2017 and expires on April 30, 2030. 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 Williams Rodney L, an individual, certificate issued April 19, 2017, expires April 30, 2030. 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 S57A-3115 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N63178 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150M (serial 15077156, cancelled March 14, 1989). 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":"2 NTSB records under N63178: Accident on June 30, 1988 at Lonsdale, MN: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on January 26, 1984 at West Bend, WI: 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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"S57A-3115","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MO","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 302","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Balloon","type_aircraft_code":"2","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00375191","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N63178","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"656150302"}