{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2012-10-11","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2007-06-13","city":"CRESTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"175","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-09-25","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41508","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-320 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-03-04","maker":"Russell Charles Ross","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"RUSSELL CHARLES ROSS","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"89510M7","mode_s_code":"51577214","mode_s_hex":"A6FE8C","model":"THORP T-18","n_number":"N55RC","name":"SMITH MATTHEW E","num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N55RC is a Russell Charles Ross THORP T-18, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1989. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Creston, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 13, 2007 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 11, 2012.","region":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"288","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"2138 HAWK AVE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00881845","url":"https://staging.data.eflight.com/aircraft/N55RC","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1989,"zip":"508018165"}