Flight Design Gmbh CTLS
N21ZA is a Flight Design Gmbh CTLS, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2011. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Ras Aviation LLC, an LLC in Elyria, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 17, 2011 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated August 17, 2011.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Flight Design Gmbh
- Model
- CTLS · all CTLSs and related versions
- Serial number
- F-10-09-04
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 912ULS SERIES · 100 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2011
- Transponder code
- A1B969 (octal 50334551)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 17, 2011
- Expires
- August 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 10, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Light sport · Airplane · August 17, 2011
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 01076596
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ras Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 44050 Russia Rd
Elyria, OH 44035-6800
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear
The public federal record on N21ZA, 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 Ras Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 17, 2011, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Light sport certificate for airplane, dated August 17, 2011, consistent with the 2011 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F-10-09-04 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N21ZA according to the deregistered file. [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]
3 NTSB records under N21ZA: Accident on November 4, 2018 at Elyria, OH: no injuries, substantial damage. Incident on October 17, 2012 at Elyria, OH: no injuries, minor damage. Accident on July 20, 2012 at Elyria, OH: no injuries, substantial damage. 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Flight Design CTLS · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during landing in variable gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing and runway excursion.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA19CA049 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Flight Design CTLS · operated under 091
The manufacturing defects in the main landing gear leg, which resulted in its eventual failure.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN13IA024 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Flight Design CTLS · operated under 091
The pilot’s misjudged landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN12LA676 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
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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