{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1997-08-10","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2022-10-20","city":"WASILLA","country_code":"US","county_code":"170","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[{"collateral_type":"Aircraft","doc_type":"Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)","doc_type_code":"BOS","party":"","receipt_date":"2026-09-08"},{"collateral_type":"Aircraft","doc_type":"Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)","doc_type_code":"BOS","party":"","receipt_date":"2026-09-15"}],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41508","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-320 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-01-07","maker":"Brandborg Penn C","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BRANDBORG PENN C","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05603G7","mode_s_code":"52734262","mode_s_hex":"ABB8B2","model":"PE 20/14 RANGER","n_number":"N8541C","name":"HULSEY JOHNATHAN JAMES","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"WALDRON","damage":"SUBS","date":"1985-02-17","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"MKC85LA058","probable_cause":"","registration":"N8541C","state":"MO","summary":"Accident on February 17, 1985 at Waldron, MO: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8541C is a Brandborg Penn C PE 20/14 RANGER, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1997. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wasilla, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 20, 2022 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 10, 1997. 2 documents are on file: 2 \u00d7 bill of sale (evidence of ownership).","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Hulsey Johnathan James, an individual, certificate issued October 20, 2022, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated August 10, 1997, consistent with the 1997 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 999 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N8541C was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-20-135 (serial 20999, cancelled June 25, 1996). 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":"2 documents received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 8, 2026), Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 15, 2026).","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N8541C: Accident on February 17, 1985 at Waldron, MO: 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":"Alaskan","region_code":"5","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":4,"serial_number":"999","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"6065 E HART LAKE LOOP","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00636051","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8541C","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1997,"zip":"996549361"}