Cubcrafters Inc CC11-160
N38LW is a Cubcrafters Inc CC11-160, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2011. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Prescott, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 24, 2021 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated October 14, 2011.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cubcrafters Inc
- Model
- CC11-160 · all CC11-160s 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. The Carbon Cub: a steel-tube and fabric Cub design with carbon-fibre parts. This is how the Cubcrafters Inc CC11 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
- CC11-00185
- 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
- Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Cubcrafter CC340 · 180 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2011
- Transponder code
- A45A00 (octal 51055000)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 24, 2021
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 26, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Light sportFAA airworthiness class code 9 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · AirplaneFAA certificate purpose code A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 14, 2011
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01079877
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Murphy Ryan P
- 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
- 1620 S City View Trl
Prescott, AZ 86303-7804
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N38LW links to the rest of the register
- Cubcrafters Inc CC11 319 registered
- Cubcrafters Inc 320 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- CubCrafters CC340 192 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Prescott, AZ 331 aircraft registered in this town
- Prescott Rgnl/Ernest A Love Field · PRC
- Arizona 8,434 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N38LW, 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 Murphy Ryan P, an individual, certificate issued July 24, 2021, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Light sport certificate for airplane, dated October 14, 2011, consistent with the 2011 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CC11-00185 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N38LW 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]
1 NTSB record under N38LW: Accident on March 11, 2021 at Arlington, AZ: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cubcrafters INC CC11-160 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain obstacle clearance during takeoff, which resulted in a collision with a cactus and impact with terrain.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data