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A Cubcrafters Inc CC11, the same model family as N4KQ
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N4KQ

Cubcrafters Inc CC11-160

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesGeorgia

N4KQ is a Cubcrafters Inc CC11-160, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2012. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Champion Aviation Services INC, a corporation in Gainesville, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 31, 2022 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated July 11, 2012.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cubcrafters Inc
Model
CC11-160 · all CC11-160s and related versions
Built of
steel tube and fabric
The 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
CC11-00223
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
2012
Transponder code
A4A8DF (octal 51124337)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
December 31, 2022
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 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 · July 11, 2012
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01100076

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Champion Aviation Services INC
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
1137 Aviation Way
Gainesville, GA 30501-6834

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N4KQ links to the rest of the register

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The public federal record on N4KQ, 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 Champion Aviation Services INC, a corporation, certificate issued December 31, 2022, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Light sport certificate for airplane, dated July 11, 2012, consistent with the 2012 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CC11-00223 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N4KQ according to the deregistered file. [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 N4KQ. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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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 November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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