{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1979-09-24","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2018-08-25","city":"RICHMOND","country_code":"US","county_code":"151","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":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-06-03","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2072434","mode_s_code":"53373010","mode_s_hex":"ADF608","model":"172N","n_number":"N999WB","name":"EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"WAYNE","damage":"DEST","date":"1997-12-30","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"CHI98FA074","probable_cause":"the pilot in command failed to maintain control of the aircraft.  A factor was the lack of experience  of the pilot and copilot in the type and model of aircraft.  An additional factor was the pilot did not follow the proper procedure when the flaps were raised before 140 knots was attained during a simulated single engine failure.","registration":"N999WB","state":"IL","summary":"Accident on December 30, 1997 at Wayne, IL: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N999WB is a Cessna 172N, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Eastern Kentucky University, a government body in Richmond, Kentucky. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 25, 2018 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 24, 1979.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Eastern Kentucky University, a government body, certificate issued August 25, 2018, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated September 24, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17273254 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N999WB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-2B-30 (serial 530, cancelled August 31, 1998). 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 N999WB: Accident on December 30, 1997 at Wayne, IL: 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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Government","registrant_type_code":"5","seats":4,"serial_number":"17273254","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"KY","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"521 LANCASTER AVE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00502117","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N999WB","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1979,"zip":"404753100"}