{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2010-10-08","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2009-11-24","city":"WILMINGTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"003","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55572","engine_horsepower":100,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"912ULS SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-01","maker":"Sheaffer Leroy B","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SHEAFFER LEROY B","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056289R","mode_s_code":"52527445","mode_s_hex":"AAAF25","model":"KITFOX MODEL IV","n_number":"N788KF","name":"IAV8 INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Palmyra","damage":"SUBS","date":"2024-07-19","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"ERA24LA316","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to maintain directional control of the tailwheel airplane during takeoff from a narrow runway with a crosswind, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with terrain.","registration":"N788KF","state":"PA","summary":"Accident on July 19, 2024 at Palmyra, PA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N788KF is a Sheaffer Leroy B KITFOX MODEL IV, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2010. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Iav8 INC, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 24, 2009 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 8, 2010.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Iav8 INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 24, 2009, expires December 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated October 8, 2010, consistent with the 2010 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial LBS087 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N788KF 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":"1 NTSB record under N788KF: Accident on July 19, 2024 at Palmyra, PA: 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":2,"serial_number":"LBS087","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"DE","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"3511 SILVERSIDE RD STE 105","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01043750","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N788KF","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2010,"zip":"198104902"}