Carter Richard L BUDDY BABY LAKES
N1028Q is a Carter Richard L BUDDY BABY LAKES, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Hurricane, Utah. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 7, 2020 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated April 14, 2006.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Carter Richard L
- Model
- BUDDY BABY LAKES
- Serial number
- 1001
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A00FA1 (octal 50007641)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 7, 2020
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · April 14, 2006
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00206819
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Granger Arthur E
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 768
Hurricane, UT 84737-0768
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 2
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N1028Q, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Granger Arthur E, an individual, certificate issued May 7, 2020, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1001 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1028Q was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-32R-300 (serial 32R7780218, cancelled July 25, 1990); Cessna 310H (serial 310H0028, cancelled June 16, 1964). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
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. [3]
2 NTSB records under N1028Q: Accident on November 10, 2016 at Hurricane, UT: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 23, 1989 at Johnstown, PA: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Carter Richard L BUDDY BABY LAKES · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32R-300 · operated under 091
FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN PROPER AIRSPEED AND ALTITUDE ON AN ILS FINAL APPROACH, WHICH ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO DESCEND BELOW THE GLIDE PATH AND COLLIDE WITH APPROACH LIGHTING. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARKNESS, ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE PILOT'S DECISION TO FLY IN KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER (ICING) CONDITIONS, AND STRUCTURAL ICING.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data