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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Pphu 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.
Where is it now Last seen Friday at 3:41 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Pphu Ekolot
- Model
- KR-030 TOPAZ · all KR-030 TOPAZs and related versions
- Built of
- compositeThe airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. This is how the Pphu Ekolot KR-030 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 30-13-09
- 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
- Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 912 IS · 100 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2022
- Transponder code
- A18CF6 (octal 50306366)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 9, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- May 9, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Light sportFAA airworthiness class code 9 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · AirplaneFAA certificate purpose code A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 27, 2023
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01389096
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Skybisz Keith R
- 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
- 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
Connections how N1997Q links to the rest of the register
- Pphu Ekolot KR-030 7 registered
- Pphu Ekolot 7 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rotax 912 IS 878 aircraft with this engine series · 100 hp
- Rockwood, TN 8 aircraft registered in this town
- Rockwood Municipal · RKW
- Tennessee 6,522 aircraft registered
- Where N1997Q is now · Last seen Friday at 3:41 pm.
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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]
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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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data