{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2014-11-26","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2017-03-27","city":"CHANDLER","country_code":"US","county_code":"013","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":"2030-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-10","last_action_date":"2023-10-13","maker":"Vanderark Jan R","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"VANDERARK JAN R","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"0563237","mode_s_code":"53131210","mode_s_hex":"ACB288","model":"RV-10","n_number":"N917VA","name":"VANDER ARK JAN R TRUSTEE","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Sun Lakes","damage":"SUBS","date":"2017-11-12","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR18LA030","probable_cause":"The fatigue fractures of the upper and lower alternator attachment bolts, which decreased the common drive belt tension and resulted in the subsequent in-flight separation of an alternator drive belt, the overheating of the engine, and the subsequent total loss of engine power.","registration":"N917VA","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on November 12, 2017 at Sun Lakes, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N917VA is a Vanderark Jan R RV-10, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2014. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Chandler, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 27, 2017 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 26, 2014.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Vander Ark Jan R Trustee, an individual, certificate issued March 27, 2017, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated November 26, 2014, consistent with the 2014 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 40076 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N917VA 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 N917VA: Accident on November 12, 2017 at Sun Lakes, AZ: 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":4,"serial_number":"40076","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AZ","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1064 E SAN CARLOS WAY","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01134450","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N917VA","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2014,"zip":"852494709"}