{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2025-08-21","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2024-07-25","city":"GRAND JUNCTION","country_code":"US","county_code":"077","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55607","engine_horsepower":100,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"912ULS","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2031-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"LIGHT WING AIRCRAFT LLC","kit_model":"SAVANNAH","last_action_date":"2024-07-25","maker":"Johnson Darrell S","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"JOHNSON DARRELL S","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056193G","mode_s_code":"52473743","mode_s_hex":"AA77E3","model":"SAVANNAH","n_number":"N774A","name":"THORSON MELVIN E","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Hamilton","damage":"SUBS","date":"2013-05-11","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"CEN13LA304","probable_cause":"The loss of engine power due to vapor lock in the fuel system. Contributing to the accident was the operation of the airplane with automotive gasoline and the installation of noninsulated fuel components near heat sources in the engine compartment.","registration":"N774A","state":"OH","summary":"Accident on May 11, 2013 at Hamilton, OH: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Hamilton","damage":"SUBS","date":"2010-04-14","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN10CA238","probable_cause":"The pilot's improper flare resulting in a hard landing and collapsed landing gear.","registration":"N774A","state":"OH","summary":"Accident on April 14, 2010 at Hamilton, OH: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N774A is a Johnson Darrell S SAVANNAH, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2025. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Grand Junction, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 25, 2024 and expires on July 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 21, 2025.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Thorson Melvin E, an individual, certificate issued July 25, 2024, expires July 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated August 21, 2025, consistent with the 2025 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 02-10-51-173 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N774A was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Ankerstar Bradley D RAND-ROBINSON KR2 (serial 130, cancelled August 29, 2013); Dehavilland DHC-6-300 (serial 303, cancelled March 14, 1995). 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":"2 NTSB records under N774A: Accident on May 11, 2013 at Hamilton, OH: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 14, 2010 at Hamilton, OH: 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":"02-10-51-173","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CO","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"609 29 3/8 RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"00191709","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N774A","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2025,"zip":"815045802"}