N23KS is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Grubert David W KIS TRI-R TR1 built in 1993. The FAA cancelled the registration on December 22, 2014. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
N23KS is reserved by Calico Aviation LLC since February 14, 2025. Reservation type: Fee paid. An expiration notice was issued on December 14, 2026.
Grubert David W KIS TRI-R TR1 cancelled December 22, 2014
- Serial number
- 023
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1993
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- December 3, 1993
- Last FAA action
- January 20, 2009
- Last owner
- Grubert David W (Co-owned)
Tacoma, WA - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built
Sikorsky S-55A cancelled July 17, 1979
- Serial number
- S55A-214
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Canada
- Certificate issued
- April 19, 1975
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Withheld (Corporation)
- Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N23KS
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grubert KIS TRI-R TR-1 · serial 23
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain adequate flying airspeed during the turn from crosswind to downwind resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin and subsequent collision with terrain (ground).
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