Whitfield Chris LTA-2024
N317LC is a Whitfield Chris LTA-2024, a balloon with no engine, built in 2024. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Albany, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 23, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 7, 2024.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Whitfield Chris
- Model
- LTA-2024
- Serial number
- 201
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2024
- Transponder code
- A361CF (octal 50660717)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 23, 2024
- Expires
- April 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- April 23, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · May 7, 2024
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 01446571
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Whitfield Christopher D
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 4709 Terri Ln NE
Albany, OR 97321-3201
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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 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N317LC, 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 Whitfield Christopher D, an individual, certificate issued April 23, 2024, expires April 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated May 7, 2024, consistent with the 2024 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 201 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N317LC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Hughes OH-6 (serial 68-17310, cancelled February 20, 2018). 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 N317LC: Accident on January 3, 2003 at New Port Richey, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes OH-6 · operated under PUBU
The pilot's inadequate preflight of the helicopter following maintenance he observed, and failure of maintenance personnel to tighten the "B" nut at the fuel nozzle following a compressor wash resulting in the total loss of engine power. Also, the pilot's intentional decay of main rotor rpm while attempting to clear obstructions and unsuitable terrain encountered during the forced landing resulting in a hard landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA03TA036 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data