{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2026-01-30","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2004-07-23","city":"COTTER","country_code":"US","county_code":"005","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"09050","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"BOMBARDIER","engine_model":"ROTAX (ALL)","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-01-14","maker":"Smith David B","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SMITH DAVID B","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05628ZN","mode_s_code":"52642753","mode_s_hex":"AB45EB","model":"RANS S7 COURIER","n_number":"N8251B","name":"SCHROEDER DALE R","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"BURBANK","damage":"DEST","date":"1990-01-19","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"LAX90FA070","probable_cause":"POOR JUDGEMENT OF THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (CFI) DUE TO HIS IMPAIRMENT FROM USE OF MARIJUANA, INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF THE FLIGHT BY THE CFI, AND HIS FAILURE TO ASSURE THAT ADEQUATE AIRSPEED WAS MAINTAINED, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL.  FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE:  THE CFI'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PLANNING/PREPARATION, AND HIS FAILURE TO ASSURE THE AIRCRAFT WAS WITHIN ITS CERTIFIED GROSS WEIGHT LIMIT.","registration":"N8251B","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on January 19, 1990 at Burbank, CA: fatal, destroyed (4 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8251B is a Smith David B RANS S7 COURIER, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1994. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Cotter, Arkansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 23, 2004 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated January 30, 2026.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Schroeder Dale R, an individual, certificate issued July 23, 2004, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated January 30, 2026, 32 years after the 1994 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 1194142 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N8251B was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Piper PA-28-161 (serial 288216182, cancelled April 18, 1991); Piper PA-28RT-201 (serial 28R-8018101, cancelled September 18, 1980); Cessna 172 (serial 36051, cancelled August 22, 1960). 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 N8251B: Accident on January 19, 1990 at Burbank, CA: fatal, destroyed (4 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":2,"serial_number":"1194142","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AR","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"290 VALLEY AIRPORT PL","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00865422","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8251B","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1994,"zip":"72626"}