{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2000-11-14","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1997-08-19","city":"HUNTLEY","country_code":"US","county_code":"111","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"99999","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"AMA/EXPR","engine_model":"UNKNOWN ENG","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"gliders","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-14","maker":"Thurmond Paul J","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"THURMOND PAUL J","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05605CN","mode_s_code":"53114640","mode_s_hex":"AC99A0","model":"MONI","n_number":"N9104S","name":"THURMOND PAUL J","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Laurel","damage":"SUBS","date":"2002-07-12","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"SEA02LA130","probable_cause":"Undertorqued mounting bolts which resulted in fatigue to the wooden propeller blade and subsequent in flight separation of one of the blades while in cruise flight.  An improper installation of the propeller assembly and soft terrain encountered during the landing roll were factors.","registration":"N9104S","state":"MT","summary":"Accident on July 12, 2002 at Laurel, MT: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N9104S is a Thurmond Paul J MONI, a glider with no engine, built in 1998. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Huntley, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 19, 1997 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 14, 2000.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Thurmond Paul J, an individual, certificate issued August 19, 1997, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated November 14, 2000, consistent with the 1998 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial PJT-00048 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N9104S 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 N9104S: Accident on July 12, 2002 at Laurel, 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":1,"serial_number":"PJT-00048","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"5000 PURPLE HORIZON DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00896731","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N9104S","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1998,"zip":"59037"}