{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2000-06-16","airworthiness_ops":"Exhibition; Racing","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2019-06-25","city":"BELLINGHAM","country_code":"US","county_code":"073","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"58111","engine_horsepower":64,"engine_maker":"SOLO","engine_model":"2625 02","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"gliders","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-11","maker":"Schempp-Hirth","maker_country":"DE","maker_raw":"SCHEMPP-HIRTH","maker_segment":"Electric glider","mfr_mdl_code":"3801967","mode_s_code":"52406540","mode_s_hex":"AA0D60","model":"NIMBUS-4M","n_number":"N747JN","name":"FUNSTON CRAIG S","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Ephrata","damage":"SUBS","date":"2008-05-04","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"SEA08CA122","probable_cause":"The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and his failure to connect the left aileron control rod during assembly.","registration":"N747JN","state":"WA","summary":"Accident on May 4, 2008 at Ephrata, WA: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N747JN is a Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS-4M, a glider with a two-stroke engine, built in 2000. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Bellingham, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 25, 2019 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated June 16, 2000.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Funston Craig S, an individual, certificate issued June 25, 2019, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for exhibition; racing, dated June 16, 2000, consistent with the 2000 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 14 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N747JN 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 N747JN: Accident on May 4, 2008 at Ephrata, WA: serious 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"14","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"WA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1700 ELDRIDGE AVE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"Two-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"7","unique_id":"00925810","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N747JN","watchlist_group":"Electric glider","watchlist_note":"Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch","weight_class":"","year_mfr":2000,"zip":"982252805"}