Bice CASSUTT-1
N43SJ is a Bice CASSUTT-1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1975. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Wichita, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 14, 2018 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 9, 2017.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bice
- Model
- CASSUTT-1
- Serial number
- 1
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-200 SERIES · 100 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1975
- Cruising speed
- 111 mph
- Transponder code
- A5225E (octal 51221136)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 14, 2018
- Expires
- February 29, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 21, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · May 9, 2017
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00512014
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Siegler Thomas M
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 771311
Wichita, KS 67277-1311
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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 N43SJ, 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 Siegler Thomas M, an individual, certificate issued February 14, 2018, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 9, 2017, 42 years after the 1975 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 1 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N43SJ 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 N43SJ: Accident on July 14, 2018 at Rosamond, CA: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cassutt IIIM · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during a low-altitude maneuver after a partial loss of engine power, which resulted in exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack and a subsequent accelerated stall. Contributing to the accident was a loose primary venturi in the carburetor due to improper maintenance, which resulted in a disruption in fuel flow and the subsequent partial 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