{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1956-04-05","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2014-05-09","city":"TAYLORS FALLS","country_code":"US","county_code":"025","cruise_speed_mph":94,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"27025","engine_horsepower":165,"engine_maker":"FRANKLIN","engine_model":"6A4165 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-01-22","maker":"Stinson","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"STINSON","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"9230408","mode_s_code":"52242174","mode_s_hex":"A9447C","model":"108-3","n_number":"N6968M","name":"RIVARD BEAUREGARD E","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Falcon","damage":"SUBS","date":"2002-06-30","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"DEN02LA062","probable_cause":"the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the takeoff roll and subsequent abort.  Factors relating to the accident were the gusting crosswinds and the unsuitable terrain encountered when the airplane departed the runway.","registration":"N6968M","state":"CO","summary":"Accident on June 30, 2002 at Falcon, CO: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N6968M is a Stinson 108-3, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1948. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Taylors Falls, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 9, 2014 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated April 5, 1956.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Rivard Beauregard E, an individual, certificate issued May 9, 2014, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 5, 1956, 8 years after the 1948 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 108-4968 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N6968M 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":"1 NTSB record under N6968M: Accident on June 30, 2002 at Falcon, CO: 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":4,"serial_number":"108-4968","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 96","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00310447","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N6968M","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1948,"zip":"550840096"}