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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 27, 2026Christen Industries Inc A-1
N28706 is a Christen Industries Inc A-1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1987. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Afton, Wyoming. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 25, 1998 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 26, 1987.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Christen Industries Inc
- Model
- A-1 · all A-1s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. This is how the Christen Industries Inc A-1 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 1007
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1987
- Transponder code
- A2EA73 (octal 50565163)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 25, 1998
- Expires
- August 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 10, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 26, 1987
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00535500
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Kalus Joseph G
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 95 W Eclipse St
Afton, WY 83110-6400
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 2
Connections how N28706 links to the rest of the register
- Christen Industries Inc A-1 81 registered
- Christen Industries Inc 163 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-360 / VO-360 series 11,930 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Afton, WY 53 aircraft registered in this town
- Afton Lincoln County/General Boyd L Eddins Field · AFO
- Wyoming 3,230 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N28706, 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 Kalus Joseph G, an individual, certificate issued June 25, 1998, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated May 26, 1987, consistent with the 1987 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1007 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N28706 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Luscombe 8C (serial 1467, cancelled June 3, 1946); Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B (serial AA5B0767, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
1 NTSB record under N28706: Accident on September 8, 1983 at Fairmont, WV: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman AA-5B · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data