{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2013-12-24","city":"FORT MYERS","country_code":"US","county_code":"071","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":"2029-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-7","last_action_date":"2023-09-22","maker":"Hosterman Curt T","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"HOSTERMAN CURT T","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05621UU","mode_s_code":"52772071","mode_s_hex":"ABF439","model":"VANS RV 7","n_number":"N87CK","name":"HOSTERMAN CURT T","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"OCALA","damage":"DEST","date":"1993-08-20","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"MIA93FA180","probable_cause":"THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED (VSO) DURING A FORCED LANDING, RESULTING IN AN IN-FLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL (STALL), AND SUBSEQUENT IN-FLIGHT COLLISION WITH TERRAIN. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S IMPROPER POSITIONING OF THE FUEL TANK SELECTOR VALVE RESULTING IN FUEL STARVATION.","registration":"N87CK","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on August 20, 1993 at Ocala, FL: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N87CK is a Hosterman Curt T VANS RV 7, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fort Myers, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 24, 2013 and expires on December 31, 2029. 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 Hosterman Curt T, an individual, certificate issued December 24, 2013, expires December 31, 2029. 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 70133 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N87CK was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Klein Cletus G GLASAIR II SH 2F (serial 1078, cancelled March 22, 1994). 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 N87CK: Accident on August 20, 1993 at Ocala, FL: fatal, destroyed (2 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":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"70133","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"4443 WATERCOLOR WAY","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00262659","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N87CK","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"339661172"}