{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2008-02-04","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2022-03-12","city":"CENTRALIA","country_code":"US","county_code":"041","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41818","engine_horsepower":200,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-360-A1A","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-6A","last_action_date":"2023-07-21","maker":"Reed Derek","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"REED DEREK","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05625W4","mode_s_code":"52507210","mode_s_hex":"AA8E88","model":"VANS RV6A","n_number":"N78DR","name":"WHITEHEAD MICHELLE W","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Durango","damage":"SUBS","date":"2003-07-05","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"DEN03LA120","probable_cause":"partial propeller blade separation for reasons undetermined, and the pilot's misjudgment of distance and altitude during the forced landing approach that resulted in his overshooting the road on intended landing and colliding with trees. A contributing factor was the trees.","registration":"N78DR","state":"CO","summary":"Accident on July 5, 2003 at Durango, CO: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N78DR is a Reed Derek VANS RV6A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2007. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Centralia, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 12, 2022 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated February 4, 2008.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Whitehead Michelle W, an individual, certificate issued March 12, 2022, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated February 4, 2008, consistent with the 2007 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 22541 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N78DR was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Conn Robert/Jean RV-4 (serial 859, cancelled June 20, 2005). 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 N78DR: Accident on July 5, 2003 at Durango, CO: serious 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"22541","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"WA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"21440 BUCODA HWY SE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00458129","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N78DR","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2007,"zip":"985319525"}