{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2007-12-22","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-09-22","city":"WINONA","country_code":"US","county_code":"169","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41651","engine_horsepower":250,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-540-C4B5","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2033-09-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VELOCITY INC","kit_model":"XL FG","last_action_date":"2026-09-22","maker":"Howard John D","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"HOWARD JOHN D","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05623BM","mode_s_code":"53146726","mode_s_hex":"ACCDD6","model":"VELOCITY XL-5","n_number":"N924JH","name":"SMITH NIGEL A","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"TAMARAC","damage":"DEST","date":"1999-11-02","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"MIA00FA019","probable_cause":"the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed resulting in the airplane stalling and entering a spin to the left at an inadequate altitude and his failure to apply spin recovery emergency procedures prior to the airplane impacting the swamp.","registration":"N924JH","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on November 2, 1999 at Tamarac, FL: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N924JH is a Howard John D VELOCITY XL-5, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2007. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Winona, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 22, 2026 and expires on September 30, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated December 22, 2007.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Smith Nigel A, an individual, certificate issued September 22, 2026, expires September 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated December 22, 2007, consistent with the 2007 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3FX034 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N924JH was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 152 (serial 15284781, cancelled March 14, 2000). 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 N924JH: Accident on November 2, 1999 at Tamarac, FL: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). 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":"3FX034","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1480 48TH AVE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00348749","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N924JH","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2007,"zip":"559876117"}