{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"2002-05-31","airworthiness_ops":"Aerial advertising","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2024-10-09","city":"RENO","country_code":"US","county_code":"031","cruise_speed_mph":93,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41505","engine_horsepower":115,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-235 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2031-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-08-06","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7102504","mode_s_code":"52746200","mode_s_hex":"ABCC80","model":"PA-25-235","n_number":"N86AB","name":"AIR SAILING INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Panama City","damage":"SUBS","date":"2013-03-18","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"ERA13LA174","probable_cause":"A loss of preload to the crankshaft gear attachment bolt, resulting in rotation of the crankshaft gear and a subsequent total loss of engine power. The root cause for the loss of preload could not be determined during a postaccident examination of the components.","registration":"N86AB","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on March 18, 2013 at Panama City, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Opa-Locka","damage":"SUBS","date":"2005-12-18","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"MIA06LA033","probable_cause":"The failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain airspeed following a reported loss of engine power, resulting in a stall/mush, uncontrolled descent, and in-flight collision with terrain.  Factors in the accident were the pilot's intentional operation of the airplane with known deficiencies (inoperative No. 3 banner release), and inadequate installation of the banner tow-release hook assembly by company maintenance personnel.","registration":"N86AB","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on December 18, 2005 at Opa-Locka, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"FRIEDENS","damage":"DEST","date":"1986-07-30","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"NYC86FGM05","probable_cause":"","registration":"N86AB","state":"PA","summary":"Accident on July 30, 1986 at Friedens, PA: serious injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N86AB is a Piper PA-25-235, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1965. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Air Sailing INC, a corporation in Reno, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 9, 2024 and expires on October 31, 2031. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for aerial advertising, dated May 31, 2002.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Air Sailing INC, a corporation, certificate issued October 9, 2024, expires October 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 31, 2002, 37 years after the 1965 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 25-3409 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N86AB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bomberger Arthur L RV-4 (serial 906, cancelled January 5, 1989). 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":"3 NTSB records under N86AB: Accident on March 18, 2013 at Panama City, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 18, 2005 at Opa-Locka, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 30, 1986 at Friedens, PA: serious injuries, destroyed. 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":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":1,"serial_number":"25-3409","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NV","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"640 MEADOWGATE CT","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00212477","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N86AB","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1965,"zip":"895197934"}