{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1985-05-06","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"","city":"AFTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"023","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41568","engine_horsepower":260,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"AEIO-540 SER","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":"2019-02-02","maker":"Christen Industries Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CHRISTEN INDUSTRIES INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2210006","mode_s_code":"53015765","mode_s_hex":"AC1BF5","model":"PITTS S-2B","n_number":"N88EW","name":"AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Oceanside","damage":"SUBS","date":"2014-08-05","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR14LA329","probable_cause":"The total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot\u2019s inadequate fuel planning.","registration":"N88EW","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on August 5, 2014 at Oceanside, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"HAWTHORNE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1993-09-20","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX93LA359","probable_cause":"dual student's failure to maintain directional control and improper use of the rudder and the CFI's inadequate supervision of the flight.","registration":"N88EW","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on September 20, 1993 at Hawthorne, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N88EW is a Christen Industries Inc PITTS S-2B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1985. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Aviat Aircraft INC, a corporation in Afton, Wyoming. The registration is valid: it was issued on  and expires on . It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 6, 1985.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Aviat 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 normal, dated May 6, 1985, consistent with the 1985 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5073 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N88EW 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":"2 NTSB records under N88EW: Accident on August 5, 2014 at Oceanside, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 20, 1993 at Hawthorne, CA: 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":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":2,"serial_number":"5073","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"WY","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 1240","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00920455","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N88EW","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1985,"zip":"831101240"}