{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1962-04-25","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2020-07-15","city":"WICHITA","country_code":"US","county_code":"173","cruise_speed_mph":135,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41532","engine_horsepower":250,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-540 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-03-04","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7102404","mode_s_code":"52554322","mode_s_hex":"AAD8D2","model":"PA-24-250","n_number":"N7985P","name":"SCARPELLI KENNETH R","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Newton","damage":"SUBS","date":"2015-07-04","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"GAA15CA178","probable_cause":"The failure of the right main landing gear down-lock micro switch, which resulted in a landing gear collapse during landing, and the pilot/owner's unfamiliarity with the emergency landing gear extension procedure. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's lack of experience in this make and model airplane and unfamiliarity with the emergency landing gear extension procedure.","registration":"N7985P","state":"KS","summary":"Accident on July 4, 2015 at Newton, KS: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"ARCO","damage":"SUBS","date":"1991-09-19","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"SEA91LA247","probable_cause":"WATER IN THE FUEL TANK AND THE INABILITY OF THE PILOT TO FLARE FOR LANDING AFTER MANEUVERING TO AVOID TRANSMISSION LINES IN HIS FLIGHT PATH DURING THE FORCED LANDING.","registration":"N7985P","state":"ID","summary":"Accident on September 19, 1991 at Arco, ID: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N7985P is a Piper PA-24-250, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wichita, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 15, 2020 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 25, 1962.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Scarpelli Kenneth R, an individual, certificate issued July 15, 2020, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; 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 24-3223 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N7985P 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":"2 NTSB records under N7985P: Accident on July 4, 2015 at Newton, KS: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 19, 1991 at Arco, ID: 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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":4,"serial_number":"24-3223","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"KS","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"9302 W MAPLE ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00775290","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N7985P","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"672091424"}