{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2007-10-09","airworthiness_ops":"Registered before Jan 31, 2008","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2011-03-16","city":"MORGANTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"023","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55556","engine_horsepower":65,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"582SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-03-31","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":"Rand Kar","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"RAND KAR","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05901Z1","mode_s_code":"52263247","mode_s_hex":"A966A7","model":"X-AIR","n_number":"N7046U","name":"DUPUIS JOSEPH A","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"RENO","damage":"DEST","date":"2000-04-17","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"LAX00GA158","probable_cause":"the flying pilot's failure to maintain directional control following a loss of engine power.  Also causal was the failure of the flight crew to follow the published checklist and use the rudder assist system, and the decision not to abort the takeoff.","registration":"N7046U","state":"NV","summary":"Accident on April 17, 2000 at Reno, NV: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N7046U is a Rand Kar X-AIR, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine, built in 2001. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Morganton, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 16, 2011 and expires on March 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated October 9, 2007.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Dupuis Joseph A, an individual, certificate issued March 16, 2011, expires March 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 9, 2007, 6 years after the 2001 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 662 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N7046U was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Grumman US-2C (serial 133355, cancelled June 2, 2004); Boeing 727-22 (serial 18853, cancelled October 25, 1983). 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 N7046U: Accident on April 17, 2000 at Reno, NV: fatal, destroyed (3 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":"662","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NC","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"600 LENOIR ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Two-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"7","unique_id":"00317659","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N7046U","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2001,"zip":"286553151"}