{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2019-08-28","airworthiness_ops":"Exhibition","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2021-01-28","city":"PORTERVILLE","country_code":"US","county_code":"107","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"63505","engine_horsepower":60,"engine_maker":"VOLKSWAGEN","engine_model":"1600CC","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-14","maker":"Scuro Michael N","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SCURO MICHAEL N","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05636OR","mode_s_code":"52643035","mode_s_hex":"AB461D","model":"SCURO SPECIAL","n_number":"N8252S","name":"ERICKSON BRUCE","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"GREAT BEND","damage":"DEST","date":"1999-05-23","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"CHI99FA164","probable_cause":"the chafed through turbocharger oil supply hose, the failure of maintenance personnel to install a clamp on the turbocharger oil supply hose, and the inability of the pilot to maintain aircraft control.","registration":"N8252S","state":"KS","summary":"Accident on May 23, 1999 at Great Bend, KS: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"DUCK CREEK","damage":"SUBS","date":"1998-09-18","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"FTW98LA404","probable_cause":"Loose intake valve rocker arm studs that allowed a loss of compression and a loss of oil.  A factor was unsuitable terrain on which to make a forced landing and poles next to a cattle guard.","registration":"N8252S","state":"UT","summary":"Accident on September 18, 1998 at Duck Creek, UT: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8252S is a Scuro Michael N SCURO SPECIAL, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2017. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Porterville, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 28, 2021 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated August 28, 2019.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Erickson Bruce, an individual, certificate issued January 28, 2021, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for exhibition, dated August 28, 2019, consistent with the 2017 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 001 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N8252S was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-28RT-201T (serial 28R-8031170, cancelled May 8, 2000); Cessna 150F (serial 15061852, cancelled September 7, 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":"2 NTSB records under N8252S: Accident on May 23, 1999 at Great Bend, KS: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on September 18, 1998 at Duck Creek, UT: 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"001","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"28947 HIGHWAY 190 APT A","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01259842","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8252S","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2017,"zip":"932579179"}