Mcclung Daniel W CHRISTEN EAGLE I
N181DM is a Mcclung Daniel W CHRISTEN EAGLE I, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2001. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 5, 2020 and expires on March 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 2, 2001.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Mcclung Daniel W
- Model
- CHRISTEN EAGLE I
- Serial number
- M002
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming AEIO-540 SER · 260 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2001
- Transponder code
- A144BA (octal 50242272)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 5, 2020
- Expires
- March 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · November 2, 2001
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00283927
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Nolan John R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 3210 Black Canyon Rd
Colorado Springs, CO 80904-4731
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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
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The public federal record on N181DM, 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 Nolan John R, an individual, certificate issued March 5, 2020, expires March 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated November 2, 2001, consistent with the 2001 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial M002 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N181DM was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mcclung Daniel CHRISTEN EAGLE II (serial 0001, cancelled October 31, 2001). 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]
2 NTSB records under N181DM: Accident on June 6, 2006 at Pocahontas, AR: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 20, 2001 at Alexander City, AL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mcclung Christian Eagle I · operated under 091
The loss of engine power as a result of a fractured crankshaft due to fatigue. A factor was the engine modifications to increase engine horsepower.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Christen Industries Eagle II · operated under 091
A total loss of engine power during cruise flight due to an internal disconnection in the fuel injector control assembly as a result of a failure of the maintenance facility to follow proper installation procedures, resulting in a forced landing and collision with trees and the terrain.
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