{"airworthiness_class":"Limited","airworthiness_date":"2010-05-07","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-12-09","city":"SAN ANTONIO","country_code":"US","county_code":"029","cruise_speed_mph":159,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"67127","engine_horsepower":1700,"engine_maker":"WRIGHT","engine_model":"R-2600-35","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-twins","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-12-19","maker":"North American","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"NORTH AMERICAN","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"6400710","mode_s_code":"52406221","mode_s_hex":"AA0C91","model":"B-25J","n_number":"N747AF","name":"SPITFIRE VENTURES LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Encinal","damage":"SUBS","date":"2011-03-26","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN11LA254","probable_cause":"The co-pilot\u2019s premature retraction of the landing gear during takeoff, which resulted in a gear collapse and impact with the runway surface.","registration":"N747AF","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on March 26, 2011 at Encinal, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N747AF is a North American B-25J, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1944. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Spitfire Ventures LLC, an LLC in San Antonio, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 9, 2023 and expires on December 31, 2030. It holds a limited airworthiness certificate, dated May 7, 2010.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Spitfire Ventures LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 9, 2023, expires December 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 7, 2010, 66 years after the 1944 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 44-30456 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N747AF 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 N747AF: Accident on March 26, 2011 at Encinal, TX: 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":6,"serial_number":"44-30456","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"10101 REUNION PL STE 1000","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00601984","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N747AF","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1944,"zip":"782164157"}