{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2014-07-03","city":"CARSON CITY","country_code":"US","county_code":"510","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2027-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-03-04","maker":"Ernst Robert E","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"ERNST ROBERT E","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"72217C5","mode_s_code":"52562372","mode_s_hex":"AAE4FA","model":"PITTS S2E","n_number":"N8005X","name":"INTERNATIONAL AIR SERVICES INC TRUSTEE","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Hanover","damage":"SUBS","date":"2004-09-25","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"CHI04LA279","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain clearance to the trees and terrain during the aerobatic maneuver.  Contributing factors were the pilot's decision to perform a low-level, ostentatious aerobatic display and the trees.","registration":"N8005X","state":"IN","summary":"Accident on September 25, 2004 at Hanover, IN: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8005X is an Ernst Robert E PITTS S2E, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to International Air Services INC Trustee, a corporation in Carson City, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 3, 2014 and expires on July 31, 2027. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to International Air Services INC Trustee, a corporation, certificate issued July 3, 2014, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial TB-2 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N8005X was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (serial 0903, cancelled November 8, 1988); Consolidated Aeronautics Inc. LAKE LA-4-200 (serial 1038, cancelled date not given). 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 N8005X: Accident on September 25, 2004 at Hanover, IN: 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":2,"serial_number":"TB-2","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NV","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"701 S CARSON ST STE 200","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00254421","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8005X","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"897015239"}