{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2014-06-25","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2020-08-18","city":"MELBA","country_code":"US","county_code":"027","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"34800","engine_horsepower":85,"engine_maker":"JABIRU","engine_model":"2200","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-03-10","maker":"Hall Kenneth J","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"HALL KENNETH J","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05612XQ","mode_s_code":"52772657","mode_s_hex":"ABF5AF","model":"KITFOX 532","n_number":"N87TJ","name":"GORDON DONALD W","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Nampa","damage":"SUBS","date":"2019-08-30","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"WPR19TA248","probable_cause":"The owner's improper installation of the tailwheel, which resulted in the pilot's inability to maintain directional control during landing as a result of severe tailwheel vibrations.","registration":"N87TJ","state":"ID","summary":"Accident on August 30, 2019 at Nampa, ID: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"BILLINGS","damage":"SUBS","date":"1997-02-22","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"SEA97LA062","probable_cause":"The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain flying airspeed while executing a downwind turn at low altitude immediately following takeoff.","registration":"N87TJ","state":"MT","summary":"Accident on February 22, 1997 at Billings, MT: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"POMPEYS PILLAR","damage":"SUBS","date":"1995-08-23","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"SEA95LA193","probable_cause":"the pilot's delayed decision to abort the takeoff. High density altitude, unavailabilty of aircraft takeoff performance data, and the short rough takeoff area were factors in the accident.","registration":"N87TJ","state":"MT","summary":"Accident on August 23, 1995 at Pompeys Pillar, MT: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N87TJ is a Hall Kenneth J KITFOX 532, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1988. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Melba, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 18, 2020 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 25, 2014.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Gordon Donald W, an individual, certificate issued August 18, 2020, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 25, 2014, 26 years after the 1988 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 158 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N87TJ 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":"3 NTSB records under N87TJ: Accident on August 30, 2019 at Nampa, ID: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on February 22, 1997 at Billings, MT: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 23, 1995 at Pompeys Pillar, MT: 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"158","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"ID","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"10368 AIRPARK LOOP","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00334221","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N87TJ","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1988,"zip":"836414204"}