Dayton A Babcock STORM
N516VB is a Dayton A Babcock STORM, a weight-shift aircraft with a four-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fruitland Park, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 12, 2021 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 12, 2014.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Dayton A Babcock
- Model
- STORM
- Serial number
- TTS61
- Type
- Weight-shift control
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Suzuki G13BB · 100 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A67996 (octal 51474626)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 12, 2021
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 16, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · August 12, 2014
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 01151466
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Curry Brian W
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 4405 Edgewood Dr
Fruitland Park, FL 34731-5655
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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 N516VB, 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 Curry Brian W, an individual, certificate issued October 12, 2021, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial TTS61 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N516VB 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 N516VB: Accident on August 20, 2016 at Eustis, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on January 2, 2015 at Eustis, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Dayton A Babcock STORM · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during an aborted takeoff. Contributing to the accident were the loss of engine power due to a malfunctioning alternator, which precipitated the off-field landing, and the pilot’s decision to attempt to take off from an area with high grass, which precipitated the loss of directional control.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA16LA305 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Dayton A Babcock STORM · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate spacing from the preceding aircraft during a formation landing, resulting in an inadvertent "prop wash" encounter, loss of control, and impact with terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA15CA118 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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 August 27, 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