{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1974-10-21","airworthiness_ops":"Normal; Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2021-08-09","city":"DALLAS","country_code":"US","county_code":"223","cruise_speed_mph":105,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41508","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-320 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-06-03","maker":"Grumman American Avn. Corp.","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"GRUMMAN AMERICAN AVN. CORP.","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"3960104","mode_s_code":"53271127","mode_s_hex":"AD7257","model":"AA-5","n_number":"N9659L","name":"MOFFATT THOMAS","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Rockmart","damage":"SUBS","date":"2024-09-04","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"ERA24FA365","probable_cause":"A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Also causal was the flight instructor\u2019s failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the forced landing attempt, which resulted in exceedance of the airplane\u2019s critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall.","registration":"N9659L","state":"GA","summary":"Accident on September 4, 2024 at Rockmart, GA: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N9659L is a Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1974. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Dallas, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 9, 2021 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated October 21, 1974.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Moffatt Thomas, an individual, certificate issued August 9, 2021, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated October 21, 1974, consistent with the 1974 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial AA5-0659 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N9659L according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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 N9659L: Accident on September 4, 2024 at Rockmart, GA: fatal, substantial damage (2 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":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":4,"serial_number":"AA5-0659","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"GA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"730 AIRPORT PKWY","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00764220","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N9659L","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1974,"zip":"301574708"}