{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2010-01-14","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2024-06-20","city":"FERNANDINA BEACH","country_code":"US","county_code":"089","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"01301","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"AEROSPORT","engine_model":"O-360-A1A","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2031-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV7A","last_action_date":"2024-06-20","maker":"Heckenliable Ronnie R","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"HECKENLIABLE RONNIE R","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056282W","mode_s_code":"52201146","mode_s_hex":"A90266","model":"RV-7A","n_number":"N68RS","name":"ALSTON WALTER III","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"LITTLE WHALE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1991-01-12","highest_injury":"","ntsb_no":"MIA91WA065","probable_cause":null,"registration":"N68RS","state":"","summary":"Accident on January 12, 1991 at Little Whale: substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N68RS is a Heckenliable Ronnie R RV-7A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2010. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fernandina Beach, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 20, 2024 and expires on June 30, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated January 14, 2010.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Alston Walter III, an individual, certificate issued June 20, 2024, expires June 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated January 14, 2010, consistent with the 2010 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 73299 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N68RS was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna U206G (serial U20605503, cancelled February 18, 2003); Piper PA-23-250 (serial 274028, cancelled February 12, 1991). 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 N68RS: Accident on January 12, 1991 at Little Whale: 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":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"73299","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"71 SEA MARSH RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01039471","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N68RS","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2010,"zip":"320345039"}