N2223E is not currently registered. It was last assigned to an Illi Urs THUNDER GULL built in 1990. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 24, 2013. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 3 times.
Illi Urs THUNDER GULL cancelled September 24, 2013
- Serial number
- 912-1.5
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1990
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- June 18, 1990
- Last FAA action
- January 31, 2000
- Last owner
- Illi Urs (Individual)
Ventura, CA - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built
Cessna 172N cancelled December 9, 1988
- Serial number
- 17271190
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- N-number assigned but not yet registered
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Withheld
- Airworthiness
- None on file
Aeronca 7AC cancelled November 21, 1951
- Serial number
- 7AC-5797
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 11, 1947
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Oldfather Waldo Ray (Individual)
South Bend, IN - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N2223E
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Illi THUNDER GULL · serial 912-1.5
POOR JUDGEMENT OF THE PILOT FROM USE OF A DRUG (COCAINE), AND THE PILOT ALLOWING THE DESIGN STRESS LIMITS OF THE AIRCRAFT TO BE EXCEEDED, WHILE MANEUVERING, WHICH RESULTED IN OVERLOAD FAILURE OF THE WING SPAR & WING SEPARATION.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site