{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2007-08-06","airworthiness_ops":"Registered before Jan 31, 2008","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2022-07-30","city":"HUMBOLDT","country_code":"US","county_code":"099","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55569","engine_horsepower":80,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"912","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"light-sport","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-18","maker":"Hughes Aero Corp","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"HUGHES AERO CORP","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05902DL","mode_s_code":"53117045","mode_s_hex":"AC9E25","model":"PREDATOR","n_number":"N912AM","name":"BRUENING MICHAEL S","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Branson","damage":"SUBS","date":"2014-10-16","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"CEN15CA065","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control when executing a landing with a tailwind, resulting in impact with a retaining wall.","registration":"N912AM","state":"MO","summary":"Accident on October 16, 2014 at Branson, MO: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N912AM is a Hughes Aero Corp PREDATOR, a powered parachute with a four-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Humboldt, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 30, 2022 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated August 6, 2007.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Bruening Michael S, an individual, certificate issued July 30, 2022, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial PC03079XW3 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N912AM 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 N912AM: Accident on October 16, 2014 at Branson, MO: serious 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"PC03079XW3","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"SD","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"45368 259TH ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Powered parachute","type_aircraft_code":"8","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"00353519","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N912AM","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"570356104"}