{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1980-02-20","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2021-08-06","city":"HOUSTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"201","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41533","engine_horsepower":310,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"TI0-540 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-06-03","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7103220","mode_s_code":"52617623","mode_s_hex":"AB1F93","model":"PA-32R-301T","n_number":"N8159S","name":"GAITHER DAVID G EXECUTOR","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"MEXIA","damage":"SUBS","date":"1987-08-12","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"FTW87FA197","probable_cause":"","registration":"N8159S","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on August 12, 1987 at Mexia, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8159S is a Piper PA-32R-301T, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 7 seats. It is registered to an individual in Houston, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 6, 2021 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 20, 1980.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Gaither David G Executor, an individual, certificate issued August 6, 2021, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 32R-8029059 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N8159S was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150F (serial 15061759, cancelled August 26, 1965). 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 N8159S: Accident on August 12, 1987 at Mexia, TX: no 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":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":7,"serial_number":"32R-8029059","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"16600 PARK ROW","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00040132","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8159S","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"770845019"}