{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1992-09-23","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2006-01-11","city":"PLAINFIELD","country_code":"US","county_code":"197","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41511","engine_horsepower":200,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"I0360 SER A&C","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-11","maker":"Thomas Robert G","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"THOMAS ROBERT G","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05658FH","mode_s_code":"52560541","mode_s_hex":"AAE161","model":"CHRISTEN EAGLE II","n_number":"N80VB","name":"VANDERBEEK ROBERT K","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Plainfield","damage":"DEST","date":"2001-06-15","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"CHI01FA165","probable_cause":"the improper in-flight planning/decision and the aircraft control not maintained by the pilot.  The thunderstorm outflow was a contributing factor.","registration":"N80VB","state":"IL","summary":"Accident on June 15, 2001 at Plainfield, IL: serious injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N80VB is a Thomas Robert G CHRISTEN EAGLE II, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1992. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Plainfield, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 11, 2006 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 23, 1992.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Vanderbeek Robert K, an individual, certificate issued January 11, 2006, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated September 23, 1992, consistent with the 1992 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial THOMAS-0001 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N80VB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Vander Beek Robert CHRISTEN EAGLE II (serial VANDER BEEK-001, cancelled February 27, 2013). 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 N80VB: Accident on June 15, 2001 at Plainfield, IL: serious injuries, destroyed. 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"THOMAS-0001","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"8126 OLD RIDGE RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00543020","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N80VB","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1992,"zip":"605449138"}