{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-09-15","city":"ELKO","country_code":"US","county_code":"139","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2030-09-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"light-sport","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-15","maker":"Buckeye","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BUCKEYE","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05901BU","mode_s_code":"53241442","mode_s_hex":"AD4322","model":"DREAM MACHINE","n_number":"N9537J","name":"WENCEL RODNEY J","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"SNYDER","damage":"SUBS","date":"1996-09-24","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"FTW96TA400","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with a pole resulting in the separation of the left aileron and a loss of aircraft control. A factor was the haze.","registration":"N9537J","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on September 24, 1996 at Snyder, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N9537J is a Buckeye DREAM MACHINE, a powered parachute with a two-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Elko, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 15, 2023 and expires on September 30, 2030. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Wencel Rodney J, an individual, certificate issued September 15, 2023, expires September 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 16408 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N9537J was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna T188C (serial T18803817T, cancelled June 6, 2005); Piper PA-28-180 (serial 28-3665, cancelled April 26, 1968). 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 N9537J: Accident on September 24, 1996 at Snyder, TX: 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":"16408","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"26640 WOODCREST LN","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Powered parachute","type_aircraft_code":"8","type_engine":"Two-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"7","unique_id":"00465249","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N9537J","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"550209507"}