Pphu Ekolot KR-030 TOPAZ
N1997Q is a Pphu Ekolot KR-030 TOPAZ, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2022. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Rockwood, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 9, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated June 27, 2023.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Pphu Ekolot
- Model
- KR-030 TOPAZ · all KR-030 TOPAZs and related versions
- Serial number
- 30-13-09
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 912 IS · 100 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2022
- Transponder code
- A18CF6 (octal 50306366)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 9, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- May 9, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Light sport · Airplane · June 27, 2023
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 01389096
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Skybisz Keith R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 118 Turkey Rdg
Rockwood, TN 37854-5550
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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 2
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N1997Q, 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 Skybisz Keith R, an individual, certificate issued May 9, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Light sport certificate for airplane, dated June 27, 2023, consistent with the 2022 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 30-13-09 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1997Q was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 172S (serial 172S10022, cancelled November 28, 2005); Cessna 177RG (serial 177RG0397, cancelled September 13, 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]
1 NTSB record under N1997Q: Accident on April 3, 2000 at Chipley, FL: 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: Cessna 177RG · operated under 091
The failure of the pilot to maintain runway alignment during the initial climb from the grass airstrip. Also, the excessive pull-up by the pilot and inadvertent stall. Findings in the investigation were 1) in-flight collision with the tops of trees and 2) the pilot's operation of the airplane into a grass airstrip contrary to the operator's procedures.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA00FA126 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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 August 27, 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