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N198PR

Waltermire Jeffrey D FIRESTAR II

Valid Wyoming

N198PR is a Waltermire Jeffrey D FIRESTAR II, 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 Cheyenne, Wyoming. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 4, 2024 and expires on June 30, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 15, 2023.

Aircraft

Maker
Waltermire Jeffrey D
Model
FIRESTAR II
Serial number
FS-14-4-00096
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Rotax 447 · 40 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2023
Kit
KOLB AIRCRAFT CO LLC FIRE STAR II
Transponder code
A18738 (octal 50303470)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 4, 2024
Expires
June 30, 2031
Last FAA action
June 4, 2024
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · November 15, 2023
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
01419780

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Thornton Shawn W
Type
Individual
Address
1818 Evans Ave Apt 208
Cheyenne, WY 82001-4665

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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

2018-03-21Lefever Paul M RV12 · Registration expired, pending cancellation

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N198PR, 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 Thornton Shawn W, an individual, certificate issued June 4, 2024, expires June 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated November 15, 2023, consistent with the 2023 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial FS-14-4-00096 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N198PR was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Lefever Paul M RV12 (serial 120048, cancelled March 21, 2018). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N198PR: Accident on May 23, 2015 at Caledonia, MO: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

GAA15CA091Accident on May 23, 2015 at Caledonia, MO: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 120048

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Lefever Paul M RV12 · operated under 091

The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for a precautionary landing, which resulted in a nose over.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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