{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1998-12-12","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2015-01-12","city":"CRESSON","country_code":"US","county_code":"221","cruise_speed_mph":139,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41509","engine_horsepower":150,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-320 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-twins","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-14","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7103002","mode_s_code":"52573504","mode_s_hex":"AAF744","model":"PA-30","n_number":"N8053U","name":"MALCOMSON KENNETH L","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"DETROIT","damage":"DEST","date":"1983-01-11","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"DCA83AA014","probable_cause":"","registration":"N8053U","state":"MI","summary":"Accident on January 11, 1983 at Detroit, MI: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8053U is a Piper PA-30, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1966. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Cresson, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 12, 2015 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 12, 1998.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Malcomson Kenneth L, an individual, certificate issued January 12, 2015, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated December 12, 1998, 32 years after the 1966 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 301273 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N8053U was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Beech C90A (serial LJ1307, cancelled August 15, 1995); Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (serial 1199, cancelled November 29, 1989); Douglas DC-8F-54 (serial 46010, 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 N8053U: Accident on January 11, 1983 at Detroit, MI: fatal, destroyed (3 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":6,"serial_number":"301273","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"150 CONSTELLATION DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00453846","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8053U","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1966,"zip":"760355862"}