{"airworthiness_class":"Light sport","airworthiness_date":"2023-11-30","airworthiness_ops":"Glider","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-11-09","city":"BIG FLATS","country_code":"US","county_code":"015","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55606","engine_horsepower":80,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"912 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"gliders","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-11-09","maker":"Pipistrel","maker_country":"SI","maker_raw":"PIPISTREL D O O","maker_segment":"Piloted electric and eVTOL","mfr_mdl_code":"06001C8","mode_s_code":"52201064","mode_s_hex":"A90234","model":"SINUS 912","n_number":"N68PS","name":"DAHL SCOTT","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Cromwell","damage":"DEST","date":"2003-10-10","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"CHI04LA007","probable_cause":"The altitude/clearance not maintained by the pilot while performing aerobatic maneuvers.  Contributing factors were the planning/decision to perform an aerobatic maneuver at a low altitude.","registration":"N68PS","state":"MN","summary":"Accident on October 10, 2003 at Cromwell, MN: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N68PS is a Pipistrel SINUS 912, a glider with a four-stroke engine, built in 2023. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Big Flats, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 9, 2023 and expires on November 30, 2030. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for glider, dated November 30, 2023.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Dahl Scott, an individual, certificate issued November 9, 2023, expires November 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Light sport certificate for glider, dated November 30, 2023, consistent with the 2023 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1192 SFM 912 LSA for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N68PS was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Aviat Inc PITTS S-2B (serial 5320, cancelled January 23, 2018); Sanders RUSTY P (serial PS-1, cancelled May 11, 1981). 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 N68PS: Accident on October 10, 2003 at Cromwell, MN: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). 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":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"1192 SFM 912 LSA","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NY","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"31 HAMMOND ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"01427487","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N68PS","watchlist_group":"Electric airplane","watchlist_note":"Velis Electro, the first type-certified electric airplane, Slovenia","weight_class":"","year_mfr":2023,"zip":"148148916"}