{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1994-06-30","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1995-02-15","city":"RHINEBECK","country_code":"US","county_code":"027","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":"2029-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-18","maker":"Palen","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PALEN","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"0564011","mode_s_code":"53127667","mode_s_hex":"ACAFB7","model":"NIEUPORT II","n_number":"N9163A","name":"RHINEBECK AERODROME MUSEUM","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Rhinebeck","damage":"SUBS","date":"2005-08-13","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"NYC05LA133","probable_cause":"A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.","registration":"N9163A","state":"NY","summary":"Accident on August 13, 2005 at Rhinebeck, NY: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N9163A is a Palen NIEUPORT II, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1990. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum, a corporation in Rhinebeck, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 15, 1995 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 30, 1994.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum, a corporation, certificate issued February 15, 1995, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 30, 1994, 4 years after the 1990 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 1915-78 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N9163A was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 170A (serial 19357, cancelled September 13, 1954). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"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 N9163A: Accident on August 13, 2005 at Rhinebeck, NY: 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":1,"serial_number":"1915-78","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NY","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 229","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00950971","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N9163A","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1990,"zip":"125720229"}