{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2007-11-25","airworthiness_ops":"Registered before Jan 31, 2008","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2012-12-05","city":"ROGERS","country_code":"US","county_code":"007","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"33731","engine_horsepower":270,"engine_maker":"HIRTH","engine_model":"3202","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"light-sport","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-01","maker":"Avcat Airframes","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"AVCAT AIRFRAMES","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"059029A","mode_s_code":"52566212","mode_s_hex":"AAEC8A","model":"AVCAT","n_number":"N8026W","name":"BOWDEN EARL E","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"GENESEE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1991-03-02","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI91LA104","probable_cause":"POSITIVE LIFTOFF AIRSPEED WAS NOT ATTAINED, AN ABORTED TAKEOFF WAS NOT PERFORMED WHICH RESULTED IN A STALL/MUSH DESCENT TO THE TERRAIN.  FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE A DARK RAINING NIGHT, SOFT, WET GRASS RUNWAY AND A DOWNWIND SURFACE WIND.","registration":"N8026W","state":"MI","summary":"Accident on March 2, 1991 at Genesee, MI: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8026W is an Avcat Airframes AVCAT, a powered parachute with a two-stroke engine, built in 2003. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Rogers, Arkansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 5, 2012 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated November 25, 2007.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Bowden Earl E, an individual, certificate issued December 5, 2012, expires December 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 25, 2007, 4 years after the 2003 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 898427 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N8026W was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-28-180 (serial 282092, cancelled November 29, 1993). 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 N8026W: Accident on March 2, 1991 at Genesee, MI: 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"898427","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AR","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"913 S 28TH ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Powered parachute","type_aircraft_code":"8","type_engine":"Two-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"7","unique_id":"00386029","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8026W","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2003,"zip":"727584817"}