{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2018-03-10","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2024-05-25","city":"FRUITA","country_code":"US","county_code":"077","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"34804","engine_horsepower":120,"engine_maker":"JABIRU","engine_model":"3300A","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2031-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"RANS INC","kit_model":"S-6ES","last_action_date":"2024-05-25","maker":"Harvey Patten","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"HARVEY PATTEN","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056235W","mode_s_code":"52573501","mode_s_hex":"AAF741","model":"RANS S-6ES","n_number":"N8053R","name":"RICHARDS KENNETH D","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Buckeye","damage":"SUBS","date":"2011-01-28","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"WPR11CA112","probable_cause":"A disconnection of the elevator control linkage due to incorrect installation or maintenance, which was due to the retaining nut backing off the bolt and allowing the bolt to fall out.","registration":"N8053R","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on January 28, 2011 at Buckeye, AZ: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8053R is a Harvey Patten RANS S-6ES, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2007. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fruita, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 25, 2024 and expires on May 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 10, 2018.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Richards Kenneth D, an individual, certificate issued May 25, 2024, expires May 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 10, 2018, 11 years after the 2007 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 08061764 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N8053R was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-28-161 (serial 288216093, cancelled May 18, 1988); Beech A24R (serial MC-48, cancelled December 11, 1974). 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 N8053R: Accident on January 28, 2011 at Buckeye, AZ: minor 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":"08061764","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CO","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"847 RIVER RANCH CT","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"00381559","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8053R","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2007,"zip":"815218436"}