{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2010-10-20","city":"WICHITA","country_code":"US","county_code":"173","cruise_speed_mph":93,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2029-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-09","maker":"Boeing","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BOEING","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1380134","mode_s_code":"52204611","mode_s_hex":"A90989","model":"A75N1(PT17)","n_number":"N68117","name":"SORENSEN BENNETT L","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Valley Center","damage":"SUBS","date":"2016-10-22","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"GAA17CA053","probable_cause":"The other pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll and to see and avoid the airplane stopped on the edge of the runway.","registration":"N68117","state":"KS","summary":"Accident on October 22, 2016 at Valley Center, KS: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Wichita","damage":"SUBS","date":"2011-03-25","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN11CA256","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.","registration":"N68117","state":"KS","summary":"Accident on March 25, 2011 at Wichita, KS: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N68117 is a Boeing A75N1(PT17), a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wichita, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 20, 2010 and expires on October 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 Sorensen Bennett L, an individual, certificate issued October 20, 2010, expires October 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 75-7280 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N68117 according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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 N68117: Accident on October 22, 2016 at Valley Center, KS: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 25, 2011 at Wichita, 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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"75-7280","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"KS","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"3701 S FAIRLAWN ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00248688","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N68117","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"672151605"}