{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2019-09-19","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2022-08-29","city":"HOLLADAY","country_code":"US","county_code":"035","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41515","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"I0360 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV7A","last_action_date":"2023-08-25","maker":"Paine John D","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PAINE JOHN D","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056176S","mode_s_code":"52463304","mode_s_hex":"AA66C4","model":"VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-7A","n_number":"N77AX","name":"WEST JEFFREY N","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"GLOBE","damage":"DEST","date":"1998-07-19","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"LAX98LA237","probable_cause":"fuel starvation due to the pilot's failure to properly plan his flight with regard to his estimated flight time, planned descent(s), and the amount of usable fuel available and required in the fuselage tank.  The pilot/builder's deviation from the aircraft plans, in that his aircraft did not employ a fuel boost pump and an engine driven fuel pump, as specified by the designer, was a factor in this accident.","registration":"N77AX","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on July 19, 1998 at Globe, AZ: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N77AX is a Paine John D VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-7A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2004. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Holladay, Utah. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 29, 2022 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 19, 2019.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to West Jeffrey N, an individual, certificate issued August 29, 2022, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 19, 2019, 15 years after the 2004 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 71557 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N77AX was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Demalignon Robert J VARIEZE (serial 1861, cancelled November 13, 1998). 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 N77AX: Accident on July 19, 1998 at Globe, AZ: fatal, destroyed (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":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"71557","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"UT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"3946 WOODLINE DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00130479","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N77AX","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2004,"zip":"841245501"}