{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2009-04-21","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2024-10-08","city":"NORTH FORT MYERS","country_code":"US","county_code":"061","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"42394","engine_horsepower":160,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-320-D1A","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2031-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-9A","last_action_date":"2026-06-16","maker":"Kenworthy Mark A","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"KENWORTHY MARK A","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056270W","mode_s_code":"52313620","mode_s_hex":"A99790","model":"RV-9A","n_number":"N717RL","name":"DOUBLE RAINBOW AVIATION LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Jackson","damage":"SUBS","date":"2012-11-13","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"ERA13FA055","probable_cause":"The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in his failure to note the water in the fuel tank due to condensation, which subsequently shut down the engine in flight. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's self-induced pressure to expedite the departure.","registration":"N717RL","state":"MS","summary":"Accident on November 13, 2012 at Jackson, MS: fatal, substantial damage (3 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N717RL is a Kenworthy Mark A RV-9A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2009. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Double Rainbow Aviation LLC, an LLC in North Fort Myers, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 8, 2024 and expires on October 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated April 21, 2009.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Double Rainbow Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 8, 2024, expires October 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated April 21, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 91651 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N717RL was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-32-300 (serial 32-7340050, cancelled January 8, 2018). 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 N717RL: Accident on November 13, 2012 at Jackson, MS: fatal, substantial damage (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":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":2,"serial_number":"91651","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"3661 DOWNWIND LN","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01027196","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N717RL","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2009,"zip":"339177128"}