{"airworthiness_class":"Multiple","airworthiness_date":"1967-09-20","airworthiness_ops":"Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-04-15","city":"OPELOUSAS","country_code":"US","county_code":"097","cruise_speed_mph":97,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41508","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-320 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-15","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7101837","mode_s_code":"52245461","mode_s_hex":"A94B31","model":"PA-18A 150","n_number":"N6983B","name":"WILTZ PAUL E","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Osceola","damage":"SUBS","date":"2019-07-14","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN19LA224","probable_cause":"The failure of the right horizontal stabilizer during takeoff, resulting in a loss of control and forced landing. Contributing to the accident was the installation of an unapproved stabilizer frame and failure of maintenance personnel to identify deterioration of the stabilizer during routine maintenance.","registration":"N6983B","state":"WI","summary":"Accident on July 14, 2019 at Osceola, WI: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N6983B is a Piper PA-18A 150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Opelousas, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 15, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated September 20, 1967.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Wiltz Paul E, an individual, certificate issued April 15, 2023, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Multiple certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control; 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 18-5105 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N6983B 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 N6983B: Accident on July 14, 2019 at Osceola, WI: 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"18-5105","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"LA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"388 FLOSSIE LN","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00880467","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N6983B","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"705708103"}