{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2003-06-07","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2020-12-21","city":"IROQUOIS","country_code":"US","county_code":"077","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17009","engine_horsepower":95,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"C90 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-07","maker":"Kjostad Jorgen A","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"KJOSTAD JORGEN A","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05614J7","mode_s_code":"52401107","mode_s_hex":"AA0247","model":"WAGABOND","n_number":"N744K","name":"GRUNTMEIR JOE L","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"New Richmond","damage":"SUBS","date":"2020-10-07","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"CEN21LA012","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and subsequent nose-over. Contributing was the pilot\u2019s lack of experience in the accident airplane.","registration":"N744K","state":"WI","summary":"Accident on October 7, 2020 at New Richmond, WI: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N744K is a Kjostad Jorgen A WAGABOND, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2003. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Iroquois, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 21, 2020 and expires on December 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 7, 2003.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Gruntmeir Joe L, an individual, certificate issued December 21, 2020, expires December 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated June 7, 2003, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial J-4 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N744K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Wallace Aircraft Co B-330 (serial 14, cancelled February 6, 1948). 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 N744K: Accident on October 7, 2020 at New Richmond, WI: 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":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"J-4","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"SD","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"41776 211TH ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00847351","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N744K","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2003,"zip":"573536215"}