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Deregistered · FAA record as of October 2, 2026
N2496Z

N2496Z is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Fritts Defin Allen WINTER 2000 built in 2007. The FAA cancelled the registration on November 16, 2009 when the aircraft was exported to Germany. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.

Fritts Defin Allen WINTER 2000 cancelled November 16, 2009

Serial number
H2-07-17-679
Type
Rotorcraft · Four-cycle piston
Year built
2007
Last status
Valid registration
Exported to
Germany
Certificate issued
August 28, 2007
Last FAA action
August 28, 2007
Last owner
Don Av INC (Corporation)
Brewton, AL
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built

General Balloon Corp. AX-6 cancelled December 9, 1988

Serial number
496
Type
Balloon · None
Year built
—
Last status
Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
Certificate issued
—
Last FAA action
—
Last owner
Withheld
Airworthiness
None on file

NTSB accident and incident record under N2496Z

BFO87LA041Accident on June 6, 1987 at Gaithersburg, MD: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piccard AX-6 · serial 496

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