{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-01-26","city":"BEND","country_code":"US","county_code":"017","cruise_speed_mph":90,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2032-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-01-26","maker":"Aeronca","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"AERONCA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2110124","mode_s_code":"52425542","mode_s_hex":"AA2B62","model":"7FC","n_number":"N7541B","name":"WESTFALL JAMES H","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Bend","damage":"SUBS","date":"2026-04-17","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR26LA165","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to maintain directional control during landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the rotor wash from a nearby helicopter.","registration":"N7541B","state":"OR","summary":"Accident on April 17, 2026 at Bend, OR: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N7541B is an Aeronca 7FC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Bend, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 26, 2025 and expires on January 31, 2032. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Westfall James H, an individual, certificate issued January 26, 2025, expires January 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7FC-44 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N7541B 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 N7541B: Accident on April 17, 2026 at Bend, OR: 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"7FC-44","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"OR","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"60467 SEVENTH MOUNTAIN DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00287648","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N7541B","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"977021956"}