{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1980-04-15","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2007-02-28","city":"MILWAUKIE","country_code":"US","county_code":"005","cruise_speed_mph":85,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41532","engine_horsepower":250,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-540 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-01","maker":"Shipler","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SHIPLER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05655C1","mode_s_code":"53133076","mode_s_hex":"ACB63E","model":"SKYBOLT","n_number":"N918V","name":"HARFST MICHAEL D","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"LAPEER","damage":"SUBS","date":"1999-03-20","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI99LA113","probable_cause":"The failure of the pilot to maintain compensation for wind conditions.  Factors to the accident were the crosswind condition and the presence of trees along the runway.","registration":"N918V","state":"MI","summary":"Accident on March 20, 1999 at Lapeer, MI: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N918V is a Shipler SKYBOLT, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Milwaukie, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 28, 2007 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated April 15, 1980.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Harfst Michael D, an individual, certificate issued February 28, 2007, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated April 15, 1980, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial SS-001 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N918V was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Delong Harry V GLASTAR GS-1 (serial 5219, cancelled October 7, 2011); Bird CK (serial 4016, cancelled August 26, 1931). 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 N918V: Accident on March 20, 1999 at Lapeer, MI: 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":2,"serial_number":"SS-001","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"OR","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"2277 SE MULBERRY DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00740802","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N918V","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1978,"zip":"972674534"}