{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2008-06-16","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2015-03-09","city":"AUSTIN","country_code":"US","county_code":"453","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-09-25","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"42394","engine_horsepower":160,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-320-D1A","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-9A","last_action_date":"2023-04-28","maker":"Hughes Harry M","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"HUGHES HARRY M","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056231E","mode_s_code":"50470671","mode_s_hex":"A271B9","model":"RV-9A","n_number":"N257CH","name":"N257CH LLC","num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N257CH is a Hughes Harry M RV-9A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2008. It has 2 seats. It is registered to N257Ch LLC, an LLC in Austin, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 9, 2015 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 16, 2008.","region":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":2,"serial_number":"91548","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"3216 BONNIE RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00368379","url":"https://staging.data.eflight.com/aircraft/N257CH","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2008,"zip":"787032704"}