{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2012-08-23","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2018-08-23","city":"DIXON","country_code":"US","county_code":"103","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":"2028-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"ZENITH AIRCRAFT CO","kit_model":"STOL CH 750","last_action_date":"2024-05-31","maker":"William R Mcwethy","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"WILLIAM R MCWETHY","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05631ZT","mode_s_code":"52412766","mode_s_hex":"AA15F6","model":"STOL CH750","n_number":"N749WJ","name":"MCWETHY WILLIAM R","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Byron","damage":"SUBS","date":"2025-01-15","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN25LA078","probable_cause":"The pilot inadvertently moved the ignition key to the off position and broke the key, which resulted in a loss of engine power and subsequent forced landing.","registration":"N749WJ","state":"IL","summary":"Accident on January 15, 2025 at Byron, IL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N749WJ is a William R Mcwethy STOL CH750, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2012. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Dixon, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 23, 2018 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 23, 2012.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Mcwethy William R, an individual, certificate issued August 23, 2018, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated August 23, 2012, consistent with the 2012 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 75-7751 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N749WJ 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 N749WJ: Accident on January 15, 2025 at Byron, IL: 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"75-7751","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"564 KILGORE RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01098400","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N749WJ","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2012,"zip":"610218706"}