Hopelain/Rice LONG-EZ
N542EZ is a Hopelain/Rice LONG-EZ, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Cottonwood, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 6, 2026 and expires on May 31, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 24, 1983.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Hopelain/Rice
- Model
- LONG-EZ
- Serial number
- 80
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A6DFD6 (octal 51557726)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 6, 2026
- Expires
- May 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- May 6, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · October 24, 1983
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00590313
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Lesher Caleb J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 22043 Hatcher Dr
Cottonwood, CA 96022-7611
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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 N542EZ, 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 Lesher Caleb J, an individual, certificate issued May 6, 2026, expires May 31, 2033. 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 80 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N542EZ 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 N542EZ: Accident on July 6, 2006 at Saratoga, WY: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 9, 1997 at Aspen, CO: no 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.
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 305A · operated under 091
the pilot's failure to maintain direction control during the takeoff roll.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN06CA093 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 305A (L-19) · operated under 091
Failure of the pilot to maintain direction control of the aircraft during landing roll, which resulted in a ground swerve and subsequent collapse of the right main landing gear. A related factor was the pilot's lack of experience in the make and model of aircraft.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW97LA306 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