{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1976-08-10","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2017-07-28","city":"MISSOULA","country_code":"US","county_code":"063","cruise_speed_mph":156,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"52043","engine_horsepower":1050,"engine_maker":"P&W CANADA","engine_model":"PT6A-60A","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"turboprops","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-03-04","maker":"Beech","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BEECH","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1152920","mode_s_code":"53324657","mode_s_hex":"ADA9AF","model":"200","n_number":"N98KC","name":"BELLES AVIATION LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Auburn","damage":"SUBS","date":"2008-08-12","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"SEA08CA176","probable_cause":"A catastrophic engine failure due to the partial blockage of the lubricating oil galley in one of the crankshaft connecting rod journals, leading to the failure of the connecting rod cap.","registration":"N98KC","state":"WA","summary":"Accident on August 12, 2008 at Auburn, WA: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N98KC is a Beech 200, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1976. It has 11 seats. It is registered to Belles Aviation LLC, an LLC in Missoula, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 28, 2017 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 10, 1976.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Belles Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 28, 2017, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated August 10, 1976, consistent with the 1976 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial BB172 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N98KC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 210E (serial 21058703, cancelled January 8, 2009). 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 N98KC: Accident on August 12, 2008 at Auburn, WA: 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":11,"serial_number":"BB172","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 7967","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Turboprop","type_engine_code":"2","unique_id":"00900080","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N98KC","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1976,"zip":"598077967"}