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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Kerr Matthew STARDUSTER TOO
N159MK is a Kerr Matthew STARDUSTER TOO, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Chickamauga, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 21, 2024 and expires on June 30, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 20, 1984.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Kerr Matthew
- Model
- STARDUSTER TOO
- Serial number
- MK-2
- 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 · Lycoming 0-435 · 175 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A0ECBB (octal 50166273)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 21, 2024
- Expires
- June 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- June 21, 2024
- 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 · August 20, 1984
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00790960
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Danford Michael S
- 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
- 335 Castlerock Ln
Chickamauga, GA 30707-3973
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N159MK links to the rest of the register
- Kerr Matthew 1 aircraft on the register
- Lycoming O-435 88 aircraft with this engine series · 175 hp
- Chickamauga, GA 11 aircraft registered in this town
- Georgia 8,807 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-435 4 airworthiness directives
- Report filed on this aircraft: Tire, defective · 1998-07-01
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N159MK.json.
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The public federal record on N159MK, 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 Danford Michael S, an individual, certificate issued June 21, 2024, expires June 30, 2031. 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 MK-2 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N159MK according to the deregistered file. [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]
3 NTSB records under N159MK: Accident on August 10, 2013 at Frankenmuth, MI: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 1, 1998 at Bay City, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 28, 1986 at Roundup, MT: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Kerr Matthew STARDUSTER TOO · operated under 091
The pilot's loss of directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and subsequent impact with a corn field.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Kerr STARTDUSTER TOO · operated under 091
the pilot's failure to assure the tailwheel tire had adequate pressure which resulted in his inability to maintain directional control of the airplane during a landing. Factors associated with the accident were the inadequate pressure and the uneven terrain contacted by the landing gear.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mathew M. Kerr STARDUSTER TOO · operated under 091
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