N257V is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Flight Design Gmbh CTLS built in 2008. The FAA cancelled the registration on July 30, 2022. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
N257V is reserved by a private party since July 30, 2022. Reservation type: Two-year hold for canceled N-numbers.
Flight Design Gmbh CTLS cancelled July 30, 2022
- Serial number
- F-08-05-09
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- 2008
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- November 4, 2008
- Last FAA action
- July 8, 2019
- Last owner
- V K Planes LLC (LLC)
Crete, IL - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Operating light-sport previously certificated
Multiplane Aircraft Corp EXPERIMENTAL cancelled December 22, 1930
- Serial number
- 1
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1929
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 2, 1930
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Multiplane Aircraft CORP (Corporation)
Waterbury, CT - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N257V
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Flight Design CTLS · serial F-08-05-09
The pilot’s decision to continue takeoff after a partial loss of engine power, and the pilot’s subsequent failure to control airplane pitch during a forced landing. Contributing to the accident was the partial loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined.
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