{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1955-08-12","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2019-09-11","city":"LANCASTER","country_code":"US","county_code":"037","cruise_speed_mph":67,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17009","engine_horsepower":95,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"C90 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-09-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-02","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7101102","mode_s_code":"52524771","mode_s_hex":"AAA9F9","model":"PA-11","n_number":"N78659","name":"PEARCE DAVID E JR","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Death Valley","damage":"SUBS","date":"2024-03-09","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR24LA107","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout, resulting in a ground loop and runway excursion.","registration":"N78659","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on March 9, 2024 at Death Valley, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Ripon","damage":"MINR","date":"2010-07-27","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN10IA447","probable_cause":"The inability of either pilot to see the other airplane due to the blind spot created by their respective airplane's wings.","registration":"N78659","state":"WI","summary":"Incident on July 27, 2010 at Ripon, WI: no injuries, minor damage.","type":"INC"},{"city":"LEESBURG","damage":"SUBS","date":"1999-05-21","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"NYC99LA117","probable_cause":"The pilot-in-command's (CFI) failure to maintain control of the airplane.","registration":"N78659","state":"VA","summary":"Accident on May 21, 1999 at Leesburg, VA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N78659 is a Piper PA-11, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lancaster, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 11, 2019 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated August 12, 1955.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Pearce David E JR, an individual, certificate issued September 11, 2019, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate; 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 11-1420 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N78659 according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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":"3 NTSB records under N78659: Accident on March 9, 2024 at Death Valley, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Incident on July 27, 2010 at Ripon, WI: no injuries, minor damage. Accident on May 21, 1999 at Leesburg, VA: 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"11-1420","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1035 W AVENUE H8","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00895030","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N78659","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"935341435"}