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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Klemp Gregory J CHALLENGER II
N12911 is a Klemp Gregory J CHALLENGER II, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2009. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Posen, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 21, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 5, 2010.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Klemp Gregory J
- Model
- CHALLENGER II
- Serial number
- CH2-1296-1544
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 582DCDI · 65 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2009
- Kit
- QUAD CITY ULTRALIGHT ACFT CORP CHALLENGER II
- Transponder code
- A077B6 (octal 50073666)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 21, 2025
- Expires
- October 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- October 21, 2025
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 5, 2010
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01038849
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Pekrul Keith R
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 1595 e Wilk Hwy
Posen, MI 49776-9423
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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
Connections how N12911 links to the rest of the register
- Klemp Gregory J 2 aircraft on the register
- Rotax 582DCDI 578 aircraft with this engine series · 65 hp
- Posen, MI 4 aircraft registered in this town
- Michigan 7,226 aircraft registered
- Report filed on this aircraft: Belt, broken · 2011-06-29
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The public federal record on N12911, 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 Pekrul Keith R, an individual, certificate issued October 21, 2025, expires October 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated March 5, 2010, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CH2-1296-1544 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N12911 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172M (serial 17262364, cancelled October 31, 1973). 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 N12911: Accident on June 30, 2011 at Neshkoro, WI: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Klemp Gregory J CHALLENGER II · operated under 091
The total loss of engine power during the initial climb due to a cold seizure as a result of a broken fan V-belt. Contributing to the accident was the passenger's interference with the flight controls during the forced landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data