{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2024-11-05","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-04-22","city":"BUDA","country_code":"US","county_code":"209","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41465","engine_horsepower":186,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"CC363I","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2032-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"CUB CRAFTERS INC","kit_model":"CCK-1865","last_action_date":"2025-04-22","maker":"Dan Smith","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"DAN SMITH","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05642QK","mode_s_code":"53236646","mode_s_hex":"AD3DA6","model":"CCK-1865","n_number":"N952SA","name":"ABEL STEVE","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"La Garita","damage":"SUBS","date":"2025-07-07","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN25LA240","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to maintain clearance from terrain while maneuvering at low altitude in mountainous terrain. Contributing was the pilot\u2019s inadequate preflight planning and aeronautical decision making.","registration":"N952SA","state":"CO","summary":"Accident on July 7, 2025 at La Garita, CO: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Melrose","damage":"SUBS","date":"2016-05-23","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"ERA16LA193","probable_cause":"A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.","registration":"N952SA","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on May 23, 2016 at Melrose, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N952SA is a Dan Smith CCK-1865, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2024. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Buda, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 22, 2025 and expires on April 30, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 5, 2024.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Abel Steve, an individual, certificate issued April 22, 2025, expires April 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated November 5, 2024, consistent with the 2024 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CCK-1865-1088 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N952SA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 152 (serial 15280667, cancelled August 8, 2016). 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 N952SA: Accident on July 7, 2025 at La Garita, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 23, 2016 at Melrose, FL: minor 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"CCK-1865-1088","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 1215","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01468801","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N952SA","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2024,"zip":"786101215"}