Holtz Rodney R CHALLENGER II
N1666R is a Holtz Rodney R CHALLENGER II, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine, built in 2008. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hillsborough, New Hampshire. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 30, 2024 and expires on October 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 7, 2008.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Holtz Rodney R
- Model
- CHALLENGER II
- Serial number
- CH2-0899-1897
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
- Power
- Two-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 7 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 503 DCDI · 52 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2008
- Transponder code
- A10B32 (octal 50205462)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 30, 2024
- Expires
- October 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- October 30, 2024
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 7, 2008
- FAA region
- New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01000650
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Clow Dana R
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
- Address
- 305 Bear Hill Rd
Hillsborough, NH 03244-5544
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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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The public federal record on N1666R, 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 Clow Dana R, an individual, certificate issued October 30, 2024, expires October 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated November 7, 2008, consistent with the 2008 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CH2-0899-1897 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N1666R 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 N1666R: Accident on November 20, 2024 at Concord, NH: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 23, 2018 at Oshkosh, WI: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 12, 2004 at New Braunfels, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Holtz Rodney R CHALLENGER II · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control and eventual stall/mush of the airplane while trying to secure an open door in flight.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Quad City CHALLENGER · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the base to final turn and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185F · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind and his failure to maintain directional control. A contributing factor was the crosswind.
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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data