{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"1972-04-20","airworthiness_ops":"Aerial advertising","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-05-21","city":"VALLEY CENTER","country_code":"US","county_code":"173","cruise_speed_mph":90,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41508","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-320 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2032-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-05-21","maker":"Champion","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CHAMPION","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"21101N8","mode_s_code":"53107766","mode_s_hex":"AC8FF6","model":"7GCAA","n_number":"N9085L","name":"BLANTON JEFFREY D","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Shelbyville","damage":"SUBS","date":"2009-06-29","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN09LA396","probable_cause":"The partial loss of engine power due to the failure of the mixture control cable.  Contributing to the accident was the inadequate maintenance on the airplane and the pilot's decision to operate the airplane in a condition that was not airworthy.","registration":"N9085L","state":"IN","summary":"Accident on June 29, 2009 at Shelbyville, IN: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"BARGAINTOWN","damage":"SUBS","date":"1987-07-11","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"NYC87LA200","probable_cause":"","registration":"N9085L","state":"NJ","summary":"Accident on July 11, 1987 at Bargaintown, NJ: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"ELLIOTT JIMMY F / BLANTON JEANNETTE K / ELLIOTT AMY B","plain_english":"N9085L is a Champion 7GCAA, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1970. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Valley Center, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 21, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for aerial advertising, dated April 20, 1972.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Blanton Jeffrey D, a co-owned, certificate issued May 21, 2025, expires May 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Restricted certificate for aerial advertising, dated April 20, 1972, consistent with the 1970 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 226-70 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N9085L 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 N9085L: Accident on June 29, 2009 at Shelbyville, IN: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 11, 1987 at Bargaintown, NJ: minor 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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Co-owned","registrant_type_code":"4","seats":2,"serial_number":"226-70","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"KS","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"13 HAWTHORNE DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00871181","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N9085L","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1970,"zip":"671478586"}