Zengel Frank H RV 4
N371FZ is a Zengel Frank H RV 4, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1989. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Waterloo, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 27, 2006 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 3, 1992.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Zengel Frank H
- Model
- RV 4
- Serial number
- 371
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1989
- Transponder code
- A43817 (octal 51034027)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 27, 2006
- Expires
- July 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · September 3, 1992
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00394231
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Merkan Michael B
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 3223 Cedar Ridge Ln
Waterloo, IL 62298-6041
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N371FZ, 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 Merkan Michael B, an individual, certificate issued February 27, 2006, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 3, 1992, 3 years after the 1989 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 371 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N371FZ according to the deregistered file. [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]
2 NTSB records under N371FZ: Accident on May 5, 1990 at Columbia, IL: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 21, 1989 at Columbia, IL: minor 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Zengel RV-4 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A PROPER GLIDEPATH TO TOUCHDOWN ON THE RUNWAY.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Zengel RV-4 · operated under 091
THE IMPROPER ROUTING OF ENGINE FUEL LINES RESULTING IN OVER TEMPERATURE OF THE LINES WHICH RESULTED IN THE FUEL FLOW TO CARBURETOR TO FLUCTUATE AND CAUSE OVER RICH CONDITION AND LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 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