{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1980-01-25","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2005-03-28","city":"DALLAS","country_code":"US","county_code":"113","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41530","engine_horsepower":300,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-540 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-22","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7103218","mode_s_code":"52615702","mode_s_hex":"AB1BC2","model":"PA-32R-301","n_number":"N81481","name":"BCI AVIATION LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Van","damage":"SUBS","date":"2024-10-17","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"CEN25LA018","probable_cause":"The mechanic\u2019s improper maintenance of the engine\u2019s air induction scat duct, which collapsed during the flight and resulted in a loss of engine power.","registration":"N81481","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on October 17, 2024 at Van, TX: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N81481 is a Piper PA-32R-301, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Bci Aviation LLC, an LLC in Dallas, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 28, 2005 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 25, 1980.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Bci Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 28, 2005, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated January 25, 1980, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 32R-8013049 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N81481 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Aeronca 7AC (serial 7AC-99, cancelled November 24, 1964). 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 N81481: Accident on October 17, 2024 at Van, TX: 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":7,"serial_number":"32R-8013049","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"11711 SAINT MICHAELS DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00020162","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N81481","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1979,"zip":"752302441"}