{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2024-11-11","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-02-09","city":"BLACKSBURG","country_code":"US","county_code":"121","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[{"collateral_type":"Aircraft","doc_type":"Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)","doc_type_code":"BOS","party":"","receipt_date":"2026-09-30"}],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41710","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"YIO-360 EXP","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-02-28","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-7","last_action_date":"2023-02-09","maker":"David L Lawrence","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"DAVID L LAWRENCE","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05641K2","mode_s_code":"53260701","mode_s_hex":"AD61C1","model":"VANS ACFT INC RV-7","n_number":"N961VJ","name":"LAWRENCE DAVID L","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"ERIE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1986-02-21","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"DCA86AA018","probable_cause":"","registration":"N961VJ","state":"PA","summary":"Accident on February 21, 1986 at Erie, PA: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N961VJ is a David L Lawrence VANS ACFT INC RV-7, 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 Blacksburg, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 9, 2023 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 11, 2024. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Lawrence David L, an individual, certificate issued February 9, 2023, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated November 11, 2024, consistent with the 2024 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 74845 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N961VJ was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Douglas DC-9-31 (serial 47506, cancelled March 20, 2013). 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":"1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 30, 2026).","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N961VJ: Accident on February 21, 1986 at Erie, PA: 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"74845","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"VA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1000 CHATEAU CT","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01381324","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N961VJ","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2024,"zip":"240603600"}