{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2007-11-02","airworthiness_ops":"Registered before Jan 31, 2008","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2008-10-14","city":"NEW MARKET","country_code":"US","county_code":"089","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55556","engine_horsepower":65,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"582SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"light-sport","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-06-03","maker":"Buckeye","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BUCKEYE","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05901BU","mode_s_code":"52572140","mode_s_hex":"AAF460","model":"DREAM MACHINE","n_number":"N8049V","name":"WATSON RICKY E","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Encinitas","damage":"DEST","date":"2003-08-25","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"LAX03FA282","probable_cause":"The student pilot's spatial disorientation and inadvertent descent into the ocean while maneuvering to avoid inclement weather.  Also causal was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision due to his improper approval of his student's preflight preparation and failure to ensure that the flight could be performed under visual flight rules.  Contributing factors were the low cloud condition, and the student's improper weather evaluation and preflight planning.","registration":"N8049V","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on August 25, 2003 at Encinitas, CA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8049V is a Buckeye DREAM MACHINE, a powered parachute with a two-stroke engine, built in 1998. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in New Market, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 14, 2008 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated November 2, 2007.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Watson Ricky E, an individual, certificate issued October 14, 2008, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 2, 2007, 9 years after the 1998 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 4427 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N8049V was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (serial 2394, cancelled February 18, 2004); Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (serial 1085, cancelled July 21, 1989); Cessna 188 (serial 1880299, 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 N8049V: Accident on August 25, 2003 at Encinitas, CA: fatal, destroyed (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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"4427","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1505 WHITAKER RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Powered parachute","type_aircraft_code":"8","type_engine":"Two-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"7","unique_id":"00381399","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8049V","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1998,"zip":"378204415"}