Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B16
N10KJ is a Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B16, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2020. It has 22 seats. It is registered to Ktkj Challenger LLC, an LLC in Houston, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 30, 2020 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated March 26, 2020.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bombardier Inc
- Model
- CL-600-2B16 · all CL-600-2B16s and related versions
- Serial number
- 6155
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
- Power
- TurbofanFAA type of engine code 5 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes, 2 motors · Ge CF34-3B · 9,220 lb thrust
- Seats
- 22
- Year built
- 2020
- Transponder code
- A00345 (octal 50001505)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 30, 2020
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 20, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 26, 2020
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01315126
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ktkj Challenger LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
- Address
- 6009 Memorial Dr
Houston, TX 77007-7035
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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 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N10KJ, 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 Ktkj Challenger LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 30, 2020, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport, dated March 26, 2020, consistent with the 2020 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6155 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N10KJ was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Jorna PITTS SPECIAL (serial 663-H, cancelled May 3, 2012). 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]
1 NTSB record under N10KJ: Accident on January 26, 2026 at Bangor, ME: fatal, substantial damage (6 fatal). Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bombardier CL-600-2B16 · operated under 091
On January 25, 2026, at 1944 eastern standard time (EST), a Bombardier CL-600-2B16 (Challenger 650) airplane, N10KJ, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Bangor, Maine. The pilot, copilot, and 4 passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 business flight. A review of ADS-B flight track data revealed that at 1420:47 central standard time, the airplane departed William P Hobby Airport (KHOU), Houston, Texas, on the first leg of a two-leg transatlantic flight to Châlons Vatry Airport (LFOK), Châlons…
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
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data