{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2007-08-23","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"","city":"TAMPA","country_code":"US","county_code":"057","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"99999","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"AMA/EXPR","engine_model":"UNKNOWN ENG","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-08-27","maker":"Schaefer Andrew J","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SCHAEFER ANDREW J","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05622M6","mode_s_code":"53231335","mode_s_hex":"AD32DD","model":"KITFOX -4","n_number":"N95FT","name":"REGISTRATION PENDING","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Glendale","damage":"SUBS","date":"2010-12-23","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"WPR11LA080","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to recognize the onset of and to prevent an aerodynamic stall at low altitude. Contributing to the accident were the manufacturer\u2019s conflicting guidance about the power setting for takeoff and the pilot\u2019s decision to conduct a partial-power takeoff.","registration":"N95FT","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on December 23, 2010 at Glendale, AZ: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Glendale","damage":"SUBS","date":"2003-03-03","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX03LA104","probable_cause":"the propeller's separation in-flight as a result of a bird strike.","registration":"N95FT","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on March 3, 2003 at Glendale, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N95FT is a Schaefer Andrew J KITFOX -4, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Tampa, Florida. The FAA lists the registration as \"registration pending\". It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 23, 2007.","records_check":[{"finding":"Registration status is \"Registration pending\". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1557 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N95FT was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Towner Melvin Dwain KITFOX 4 (serial 1557, cancelled August 10, 2004). 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 N95FT: Accident on December 23, 2010 at Glendale, AZ: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 3, 2003 at Glendale, AZ: 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":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"1557","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Registration pending","status_code":"R","status_short":"Pending","street":"1701 N FLORIDA AVE UNIT 310","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00312429","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N95FT","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"336022258"}