{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1987-09-03","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2019-06-26","city":"WATERVLIET","country_code":"US","county_code":"021","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17018","engine_horsepower":250,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"W670 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-11","maker":"Hulliberger M W","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"HULLIBERGER M W","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"86603BX","mode_s_code":"53203707","mode_s_hex":"AD07C7","model":"STARDUSTER II","n_number":"N939H","name":"BOWER FREDRICK S","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"BERRIEN SPRINGS","damage":"SUBS","date":"1997-06-27","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"CHI97LA186","probable_cause":"the failure of the landing gear axle due to fatigue.","registration":"N939H","state":"MI","summary":"Accident on June 27, 1997 at Berrien Springs, MI: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"WHITE CLOUD","damage":"SUBS","date":"1988-08-15","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI88DEM09","probable_cause":"UNAUTHORIZED PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE CONTROL OF THE HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT DURING THE LANDING ROLL. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND.","registration":"N939H","state":"MI","summary":"Accident on August 15, 1988 at White Cloud, MI: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N939H is a Hulliberger M W STARDUSTER II, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1987. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Watervliet, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 26, 2019 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 3, 1987.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Bower Fredrick S, an individual, certificate issued June 26, 2019, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated September 3, 1987, consistent with the 1987 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 939 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N939H 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":"2 NTSB records under N939H: Accident on June 27, 1997 at Berrien Springs, MI: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 15, 1988 at White Cloud, 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"939","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MI","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"47588 70TH ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00400963","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N939H","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1987,"zip":"490989754"}