{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2008-01-05","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2019-11-05","city":"HASTINGS","country_code":"US","county_code":"015","cruise_speed_mph":150,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41984","engine_horsepower":250,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"TIO-540-C1A","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-twins","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-15","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7102308","mode_s_code":"52463631","mode_s_hex":"AA6799","model":"PA-23-250","n_number":"N77KK","name":"MENSCH AVIATION LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Vero Beach","damage":"SUBS","date":"2004-01-23","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"MIA04CA048","probable_cause":"The failure of the pilot to maintain clearance with bushed resulting in in-flight contact and susequent dynamic roll-over.","registration":"N77KK","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on January 23, 2004 at Vero Beach, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"LINCOLN","damage":"SUBS","date":"1988-12-04","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"LAX89DVG02","probable_cause":"","registration":"N77KK","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on December 4, 1988 at Lincoln, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N77KK is a Piper PA-23-250, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1980. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Mensch Aviation LLC, an LLC in Hastings, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 5, 2019 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 5, 2008.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Mensch Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 5, 2019, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated January 5, 2008, 28 years after the 1980 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 278154002 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N77KK was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Robinson Helicopter R44 (serial 1052, cancelled October 5, 2005); Knowles THORP T-18 (serial 492, cancelled July 16, 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":"2 NTSB records under N77KK: Accident on January 23, 2004 at Vero Beach, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 4, 1988 at Lincoln, CA: minor 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":6,"serial_number":"278154002","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MI","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 418","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00452229","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N77KK","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1980,"zip":"490580418"}