{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2015-09-30","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2021-06-02","city":"SUN CITY","country_code":"US","county_code":"065","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"61998","engine_horsepower":97,"engine_maker":"ULPOWER","engine_model":"UL260I","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"ZENITH AIRCRAFT CO","kit_model":"CH701","last_action_date":"2023-05-19","maker":"Lynn Beckhorn","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"LYNN BECKHORN","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056323G","mode_s_code":"53335376","mode_s_hex":"ADBAFE","model":"STOL CH-701","n_number":"N984LD","name":"SIMMONS ROBERT D","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Randsburg","damage":"DEST","date":"2021-11-12","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"WPR22FA033","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s improper landing approach, which failed to account for wind conditions, and his exceedance of the airplane\u2019s critical angle of attack following an overshoot of the runway extended centerline, resulting in an accelerated aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot\u2019s lack of experience flying into challenging backcountry airstrips.","registration":"N984LD","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on November 12, 2021 at Randsburg, CA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N984LD is a Lynn Beckhorn STOL CH-701, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2015. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Sun City, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 2, 2021 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 30, 2015.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Simmons Robert D, an individual, certificate issued June 2, 2021, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated September 30, 2015, consistent with the 2015 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7-8819 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N984LD 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 N984LD: Accident on November 12, 2021 at Randsburg, CA: fatal, destroyed (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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"7-8819","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"26081 LANCASTER DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"01118249","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N984LD","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2015,"zip":"925861932"}