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N203CB

Quad City Ultralight Inc CHALLENGER II

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMichigan

N203CB is a Quad City Ultralight Inc CHALLENGER II, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hudsonville, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 6, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated November 16, 2007.

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Aircraft

Maker
Quad City Ultralight Inc
Model
CHALLENGER II
Serial number
CH20987B0271
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
Two-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 7 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 503 DCDI · 52 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A19D5C (octal 50316534)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
April 6, 2026
Expires
April 30, 2033
Last FAA action
April 6, 2026
Airworthiness
ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Registered before Jan 31, 2008FAA certificate purpose code 8A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 16, 2007
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00396609

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Luptowski Joseph M
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
6883 60Th Ave
Hudsonville, MI 49426-8528

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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

2002-09-13North American T-28A · Second attempt to mail the triennial form, no response
—Piper PA-28-140 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N203CB links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Hudsonville, MI 36 aircraft registered in this town
  • Michigan 7,226 aircraft registered

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N203CB, 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 Luptowski Joseph M, an individual, certificate issued April 6, 2026, expires April 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CH20987B0271 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N203CB was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: North American T-28A (serial 485, cancelled September 13, 2002); Piper PA-28-140 (serial 287325615, cancelled date not given). 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

2 NTSB records under N203CB: Accident on January 27, 1993 at Plantation, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 5, 1982 at Greenville, PA: no 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 2

MIA93LA054Accident on January 27, 1993 at Plantation, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 485

Aircraft on the NTSB record: North American T-28A · operated under 091

FAILURE OF THE MASTER ROD MAIN BEARING WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND A SUBSEQUENT FORCED LANDING.

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

NYC83LA020Accident on November 5, 1982 at Greenville, PA: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 28-7325615

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-140 · operated under 091

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 November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data