{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2008-06-17","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2019-06-26","city":"KENAI","country_code":"US","county_code":"122","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"99999","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"AMA/EXPR","engine_model":"UNKNOWN ENG","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-11","maker":"Kakeldey Ronald O","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"KAKELDEY RONALD O","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056265F","mode_s_code":"52344274","mode_s_hex":"A9C8BC","model":"SMITH PA12 EXP","n_number":"N73AK","name":"KRUGER JON N","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Beluga","damage":"SUBS","date":"2022-07-01","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC22LA059","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s loss of control during the landing roll.","registration":"N73AK","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on July 1, 2022 at Beluga, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N73AK is a Kakeldey Ronald O SMITH PA12 EXP, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Kenai, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 26, 2019 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 17, 2008.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Kruger Jon N, an individual, certificate issued June 26, 2019, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built; 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 05004 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N73AK was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech B19 (serial MB-588, cancelled July 16, 1975). 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 N73AK: Accident on July 1, 2022 at Beluga, AK: 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":"Alaskan","region_code":"5","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"05004","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"48419 GRANT AVE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01009056","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N73AK","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"996116459"}