John M Wadleigh BUSHCAT
N159JW is a John M Wadleigh BUSHCAT, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2023. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Marana, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 18, 2022 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated February 13, 2023.
Aircraft
- Maker
- John M Wadleigh
- Model
- BUSHCAT
- Serial number
- CH215C
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Rotax 912ULS SERIES · 100 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2023
- Kit
- AEROSPORT LLC SKYREACH BUSHCAT
- Transponder code
- A0EC7B (octal 50166173)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 18, 2022
- Expires
- October 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 9, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · February 13, 2023
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 01376699
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wadleigh John M
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 4165 W Butterfly Mountain Dr
Marana, AZ 85658-4514
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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 N159JW, 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 Wadleigh John M, an individual, certificate issued October 18, 2022, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated February 13, 2023, consistent with the 2023 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CH215C for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N159JW was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cirrus Design Corp SR22 (serial 1159, cancelled September 24, 2013). 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 N159JW: Accident on September 8, 2011 at West Liberty, OH: fatal, substantial damage (1 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: Cirrus Design CORP SR22 · operated under 091
The pilot’s improper decision to fly aerobatic maneuvers at low altitude, which resulted in a loss of control and impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s impairment due to his recent use of multiple impairing drugs.
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