{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1955-12-18","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2021-09-27","city":"MATTOON","country_code":"US","county_code":"029","cruise_speed_mph":102,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"37001","engine_horsepower":120,"engine_maker":"KEN ROYCE","engine_model":"7 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-09-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-06-10","maker":"Golden Eagle","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"GOLDEN EAGLE","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"3840102","mode_s_code":"52201012","mode_s_hex":"A9020A","model":"CHIEF","n_number":"N68N","name":"RASMUSSEN WILLIAM J III","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Mt. Zion","damage":"SUBS","date":"2017-09-03","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN17LA338","probable_cause":"A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.","registration":"N68N","state":"IL","summary":"Accident on September 3, 2017 at Mt. Zion, IL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Hindsboro","damage":"SUBS","date":"2007-08-10","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI07CA276","probable_cause":"The loss of engine power due to the number seven cylinder's separation during cruise and the crops encountered during the forced landing leading to the airplane nosing over.","registration":"N68N","state":"IL","summary":"Accident on August 10, 2007 at Hindsboro, IL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N68N is a Golden Eagle CHIEF, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Mattoon, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 27, 2021 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated December 18, 1955.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Rasmussen William J III, an individual, certificate issued September 27, 2021, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 803 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N68N 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 N68N: Accident on September 3, 2017 at Mt. Zion, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 10, 2007 at Hindsboro, IL: 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":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"803","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"705 COUNTRY CLUB RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00283536","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N68N","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"619389272"}