{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1979-08-04","airworthiness_ops":"Normal; Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-04-22","city":"ARLINGTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"439","cruise_speed_mph":60,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2030-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-22","maker":"Varga Aircraft Corp.","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"VARGA AIRCRAFT CORP.","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"9350102","mode_s_code":"52652424","mode_s_hex":"AB5514","model":"2150A","n_number":"N8293J","name":"WRIGHT DAVID W","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Frankston","damage":"SUBS","date":"2012-02-08","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"CEN12FA152","probable_cause":"The loss of engine power due to carburetor ice, which resulted in the pilot ditching the airplane into the lake. Contributing to the accident was the pilot\u2019s decision not to apply carburetor heat.","registration":"N8293J","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on February 8, 2012 at Frankston, TX: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8293J is a Varga Aircraft Corp. 2150A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Arlington, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 22, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 4, 1979.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Wright David W, an individual, certificate issued April 22, 2023, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; utility; 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 VAC-139-79 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N8293J according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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 N8293J: Accident on February 8, 2012 at Frankston, TX: fatal, substantial damage (1 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":"VAC-139-79","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"3615 W PARK ROW DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00523481","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8293J","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"760133027"}