Winn Michael SKYSTR KITFOX 4-1200
N5498B is a Winn Michael SKYSTR KITFOX 4-1200, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1996. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Joplin, Missouri. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 18, 2011 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 2, 1996.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Winn Michael
- Model
- SKYSTR KITFOX 4-1200
- Serial number
- JCU115
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1996
- Transponder code
- A6FCCD (octal 51576315)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 18, 2011
- Expires
- August 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 10, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · July 2, 1996
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00765142
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bentley Michael D
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 25308 Demott Dr
Joplin, MO 64801-6309
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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 1
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The public federal record on N5498B, 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 Bentley Michael D, an individual, certificate issued August 18, 2011, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated July 2, 1996, consistent with the 1996 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial JCU115 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N5498B was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 152 (serial 15283887, cancelled August 2, 1991). 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]
1 NTSB record under N5498B: Accident on April 25, 1989 at Cahokia, IL: 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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 152 · operated under 091
INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS BY THE STUDENT PILOT AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE CROSSWIND AND THE STUDENT'S LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE WERE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI89LA077 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