{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2009-01-26","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"","city":"BOSTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"029","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":"","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"GLASAIR AVIATION LLC","kit_model":"SPORTSMAN 2+2","last_action_date":"2019-06-18","maker":"Wright David","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"WRIGHT DAVID","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05627L0","mode_s_code":"52440337","mode_s_hex":"AA40DF","model":"SPORTSMAN 2+2","n_number":"N76TG","name":"PAPICH WILLIAM","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Fort Meade","damage":"DEST","date":"2024-03-14","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ERA24LA144","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s inadequate inspection of the airplane following an inflight smoke event, which result in separation of the exhaust pipe and hot exhaust igniting the engine cowling, and a subsequent loss of engine power.","registration":"N76TG","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on March 14, 2024 at Fort Meade, FL: no injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N76TG is a Wright David SPORTSMAN 2+2, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Boston, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on  and expires on . It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated January 26, 2009.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Papich William, an individual, certificate issued , expires date not given. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7278 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N76TG was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-31T1 (serial 31T8004011, cancelled date not given). 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 N76TG: Accident on March 14, 2024 at Fort Meade, FL: no injuries, destroyed. 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"7278","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NY","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"10192 BOSTON STATE RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01017709","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N76TG","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"140259749"}