Cubcrafters Inc CC11-160
N55JV is a Cubcrafters Inc CC11-160, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Saint Xavier, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 2, 2024 and expires on October 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for operating light-sport previously certificated, dated November 6, 2015.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cubcrafters Inc
- Model
- CC11-160 · all CC11-160s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe 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
- CC11-00392
- 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 · Titan OX-340CC · 180 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A6FDEE (octal 51576756)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 2, 2024
- Expires
- October 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- October 2, 2024
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Operating light-sport previously certificatedFAA certificate purpose code 8C (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 6, 2015
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01193074
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Kehler Kelly
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- Hc 36 Box 346
Saint Xavier, MT 59075-9701
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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
Connections how N55JV links to the rest of the register
- Cubcrafters Inc CC11 319 registered
- Cubcrafters Inc 320 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Titan (Continental) OX-340CC 128 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Saint Xavier, MT 5 aircraft registered in this town
- Montana 6,041 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N55JV, 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 Kehler Kelly, an individual, certificate issued October 2, 2024, expires October 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for operating light-sport previously certificated; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CC11-00392 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N55JV was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Vaughn-Joe STEEN SKYBOLT 300 (serial JHV-1, cancelled March 10, 2011). 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 N55JV: Accident on July 3, 2022 at Findlay, OH: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 18, 2020 at Larkspur, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cubcrafters INC CC11-160 · operated under 091
The pilot/mechanic’s inadequate inspection of the faulty horizontal stabilizer trim switch, which resulted in an uncommanded trim movement during the takeoff roll, which resulted in an aborted takeoff, and subsequent nose over.
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Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cubcrafters INC CC11 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane while taking off in gusting quartering tailwind conditions.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data