{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2024-07-08","city":"WILMINGTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"003","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":"2031-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"business-jets","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-07-08","maker":"Boeing","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"BOEING CO","maker_segment":"Defense drones","mfr_mdl_code":"1380303","mode_s_code":"52056210","mode_s_hex":"A85C88","model":"C-135FR","n_number":"N638MA","name":"WILMINGTON TRUST CO TRUSTEE","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"SYRACUSE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1989-03-31","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"NYC89FA111","probable_cause":"FAILURE OF THE CREW OF BROCKWAY FLIGHT 993 TO SEE-AND-AVOID THE OTHER AIRCRAFT DUE TO THE FIRST OFFICER'S INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT & THE CAPTAIN'S INADEQUATE SUPERVISION.  FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE WEATHER CONDITION, AND THE GROUND CONTROLLER'S FAILURE TO PROVIDE A TRAFFIC ADVISORY TO ICARUS 60.","registration":"N638MA","state":"NY","summary":"Accident on March 31, 1989 at Syracuse, NY: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":4,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N638MA is a Boeing C-135FR, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Wilmington Trust CO Trustee, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 8, 2024 and expires on July 31, 2031. 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 Wilmington Trust CO Trustee, a corporation, certificate issued July 8, 2024, expires July 31, 2031. 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 63-8474 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N638MA was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Hawker Beechcraft Corp HAWKER 900XP (serial HA-0194, cancelled January 26, 2016); Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 (serial 638, cancelled June 14, 1994). 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 N638MA: Accident on March 31, 1989 at Syracuse, NY: minor 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":3,"serial_number":"63-8474","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"DE","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1100 N MARKET ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Turbofan","type_engine_code":"5","unique_id":"01459418","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N638MA","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"198901100"}