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N4857F

Dodge Charles J SPIRIT XL

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N4857F is a Dodge Charles J SPIRIT XL, a powered parachute with a two-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Denton, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 23, 2022 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated December 14, 2007.

Aircraft

Maker
Dodge Charles J
Model
SPIRIT XL
Serial number
042969
Type
Powered parachuteFAA type of aircraft code 8 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
Power
Two-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 7 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 582SER · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A5FE7F (octal 51377177)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
Certificate issued
March 23, 2022
Expires
March 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 22, 2023
Airworthiness
ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · Registered before Jan 31, 2008FAA certificate purpose code 8A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · December 14, 2007
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00385348

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Shuck David B
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
Address
2319 Georgetown Dr
Denton, TX 76201-0738

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1966-06-21Cessna U206A · exported to Congo Dem Rep(Nz) · Valid registration

Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N4857F, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Shuck David B, an individual, certificate issued March 23, 2022, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 042969 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N4857F was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna U206A (serial U206-0557, cancelled June 21, 1966). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N4857F. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data