{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-07-26","city":"SEALY","country_code":"US","county_code":"015","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2033-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-14","last_action_date":"2026-07-26","maker":"William F Oehl Jr","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"WILLIAM F OEHL JR","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056405X","mode_s_code":"52727350","mode_s_hex":"ABAEE8","model":"VANS RV-14","n_number":"N852BJ","name":"OEHL WILLIAM F JR","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Sealy","damage":"SUBS","date":"2025-06-17","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN25LA209","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s improper use of airplane\u2019s wheel brakes during the landing roll-out.","registration":"N852BJ","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on June 17, 2025 at Sealy, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"OEHL JUDY LYNN","plain_english":"N852BJ is a William F Oehl Jr VANS RV-14, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Sealy, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 26, 2026 and expires on July 31, 2033. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Oehl William F JR, a co-owned, certificate issued July 26, 2026, expires July 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 140531 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N852BJ was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: William F Oehl Jr VANS RV-14 (serial 140856, cancelled March 25, 2026). 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 N852BJ: Accident on June 17, 2025 at Sealy, 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":"Co-owned","registrant_type_code":"4","seats":2,"serial_number":"140531","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"7741 METEOR DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01556557","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N852BJ","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"774742383"}