{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2006-06-09","airworthiness_ops":"Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"","city":"ARLINGTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"439","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17246","engine_horsepower":310,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"TSIO-550-C","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-02","maker":"Columbia Aircraft Mfg","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"COLUMBIA AIRCRAFT MFG","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"5150011","mode_s_code":"53000313","mode_s_hex":"AC00CB","model":"LC41-550FG","n_number":"N8725","name":"VAN BORTEL AIRCRAFT INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Chandler","damage":"MINR","date":"2017-08-01","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR17IA173","probable_cause":"The over-tensioning of the accessory belt, which resulted in damage to the starter adapter and subsequent loss of oil that led to oil starvation and catastrophic engine failure.","registration":"N8725","state":"AZ","summary":"Incident on August 1, 2017 at Chandler, AZ: no injuries, minor damage.","type":"INC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8725 is a Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2006. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Van Bortel Aircraft INC, a corporation in Arlington, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on  and expires on . It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated June 9, 2006.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Van Bortel Aircraft INC, a corporation, certificate issued , expires date not given. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for utility, dated June 9, 2006, consistent with the 2006 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 41605 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N8725 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 N8725: Incident on August 1, 2017 at Chandler, AZ: no injuries, minor 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":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":4,"serial_number":"41605","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"4912 S COLLINS ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00232539","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8725","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2006,"zip":"760181135"}