{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2014-08-05","airworthiness_ops":"Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-07-11","city":"BATES CITY","country_code":"US","county_code":"107","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17246","engine_horsepower":310,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"TSIO-550-C","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2032-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-07-11","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2073460","mode_s_code":"53231041","mode_s_hex":"AD3221","model":"T240","n_number":"N94981","name":"SCHATZ AVIATION LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Fort Myers","damage":"SUBS","date":"2024-10-26","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ERA25LA039","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s inadequate compensation for the prevailing wind conditions while landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with a sign.","registration":"N94981","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on October 26, 2024 at Fort Myers, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"YUMA","damage":"DEST","date":"1993-10-16","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"LAX94LA015","probable_cause":"a failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain adequate airspeed and subsequent inadvertent stall while maneuvering the airplane.  Contamination of the fuel in the carburetor that produced a partial power loss was a factor in the accident.","registration":"N94981","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on October 16, 1993 at Yuma, AZ: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N94981 is a Cessna T240, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2014. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Schatz Aviation LLC, an LLC in Bates City, Missouri. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 11, 2025 and expires on July 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated August 5, 2014.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Schatz Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 11, 2025, expires July 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for utility, dated August 5, 2014, consistent with the 2014 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial T24002042 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N94981 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Taylorcraft BC12-D (serial 9381, cancelled September 2, 1999). 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":"2 NTSB records under N94981: Accident on October 26, 2024 at Fort Myers, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 16, 1993 at Yuma, AZ: 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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":4,"serial_number":"T24002042","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MO","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1013 N OUTER RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01155984","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N94981","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2014,"zip":"640118524"}