Beck Robert L KITFOX IV
N53060 is a Beck Robert L KITFOX IV, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1998. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Garrett, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 26, 2018 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 27, 1998.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Beck Robert L
- Model
- KITFOX IV
- Serial number
- 1627
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1998
- Transponder code
- A6B3B0 (octal 51531660)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 26, 2018
- Expires
- February 29, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 21, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · March 27, 1998
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00836421
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Doorn Scott J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 216 S Walsh St
Garrett, IN 46738-1516
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 2
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N53060, 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 Doorn Scott J, an individual, certificate issued February 26, 2018, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated March 27, 1998, consistent with the 1998 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1627 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N53060 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 177RG (serial 177RG1333, cancelled March 29, 1991); Fairchild M-62A (serial T41-737, cancelled August 21, 1951). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N53060: Accident on June 18, 1987 at Tewksbury, MA: minor injuries, destroyed. Accident on June 9, 1983 at Lansing, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 177RG · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC87LA179 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 177RG · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI83LA247 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