{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"1964-03-20","airworthiness_ops":"Agriculture and pest control","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1996-01-17","city":"LAWRENCEVILLE","country_code":"US","county_code":"101","cruise_speed_mph":93,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41532","engine_horsepower":250,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-540 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-04","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7102504","mode_s_code":"52247225","mode_s_hex":"A94E95","model":"PA-25-235","n_number":"N6990Z","name":"WABASH VALLEY SOARING ASSOCIATION INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Lawrenceville","damage":"SUBS","date":"2008-08-02","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"CHI08CA234","probable_cause":"The pilot's misjudged application of the brakes during landing.","registration":"N6990Z","state":"IL","summary":"Accident on August 2, 2008 at Lawrenceville, IL: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N6990Z is a Piper PA-25-235, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1964. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Wabash Valley Soaring Association INC, a corporation in Lawrenceville, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 17, 1996 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated March 20, 1964.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Wabash Valley Soaring Association INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 17, 1996, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated March 20, 1964, consistent with the 1964 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 25-2740 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N6990Z 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 N6990Z: Accident on August 2, 2008 at Lawrenceville, IL: minor 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":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":1,"serial_number":"25-2740","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"13870 HANGAR RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00460517","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N6990Z","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1964,"zip":"624399525"}