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A Cubcrafters Inc CC11, the same model family as N153JM
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N153JM

Cubcrafters Inc CC11-160

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMontana

N153JM is a Cubcrafters Inc CC11-160, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2010. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Grigg Apiaries INC, a corporation in Hot Springs, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 27, 2022 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for operating light-sport previously certificated, dated December 23, 2010.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cubcrafters Inc
Model
CC11-160 · all CC11-160s and related versions
Built of
steel tube and fabric
The fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. The Carbon Cub: a steel-tube and fabric Cub design with carbon-fibre parts. This is how the Cubcrafters Inc CC11 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
CC11-00153
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
Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Cubcrafter CC340 · 180 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
2
Year built
2010
Transponder code
A0D628 (octal 50153050)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 27, 2022
Expires
September 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 2, 2023
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 · Operating light-sport previously certificatedFAA certificate purpose code 8C (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · December 23, 2010
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01062193

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Grigg Apiaries INC
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
PO Box 567
Hot Springs, MT 59845-0567

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

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Engine
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The public federal record on N153JM, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Grigg Apiaries INC, a corporation, certificate issued September 27, 2022, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for operating light-sport previously certificated, dated December 23, 2010, consistent with the 2010 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CC11-00153 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N153JM according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N153JM: Accident on March 18, 2017 at Borrego Springs, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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NTSB records 1

GAA17CA227Accident on March 18, 2017 at Borrego Springs, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cubcrafters INC CC11-160 · operated under 091

The pilot’s selection of an unsuitable takeoff area, which resulted in impact with obstacles.

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data