{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2026-02-09","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-01-14","city":"HELENA","country_code":"US","county_code":"049","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17042","engine_horsepower":300,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"IO-550 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2033-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-01-14","maker":"Kerner John","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"KERNER JOHN","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05604NA","mode_s_code":"52502772","mode_s_hex":"AA85FA","model":"LANCAIR 4 P","n_number":"N7774P","name":"BLACK SCORPION LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Milner","damage":"SUBS","date":"2012-08-24","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"CEN12FA571","probable_cause":"The student pilot's impairment from alcohol, marijuana, and hypoxia, which adversely affected his ability to maintain control of the airplane.","registration":"N7774P","state":"CO","summary":"Accident on August 24, 2012 at Milner, CO: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N7774P is a Kerner John LANCAIR 4 P, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1997. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Black Scorpion LLC, an LLC in Helena, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 14, 2026 and expires on January 31, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated February 9, 2026.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Black Scorpion LLC, an LLC, certificate issued January 14, 2026, expires January 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 9, 2026, 29 years after the 1997 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial LIV-072 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N7774P was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-24-250 (serial 24-2990, cancelled September 26, 2017). 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 N7774P: Accident on August 24, 2012 at Milner, CO: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). 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":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":4,"serial_number":"LIV-072","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"55 W 14TH ST STE 101","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00826481","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N7774P","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1997,"zip":"596013387"}