Brunger OSPREY II
N56GB is a Brunger OSPREY II, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1997. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Springville, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 8, 2017 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 15, 1999.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Brunger
- Model
- OSPREY II
- Serial number
- 56
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1997
- Transponder code
- A72529 (octal 51622451)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 8, 2017
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · June 15, 1999
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00690156
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Calhoun Keith A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 2146 Oak Grove Rd S
Springville, TN 38256-4719
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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 N56GB, 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 Calhoun Keith A, an individual, certificate issued February 8, 2017, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated June 15, 1999, consistent with the 1997 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 56 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N56GB 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]
1 NTSB record under N56GB: Accident on April 21, 2002 at Orofino, ID: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Brunger Osprey II · operated under 091
The aircraft's inadequate carburetor heat air box system, leading to an accumulation of ice in the carburetor throat during final approach to landing. Factors include carburetor icing conditions, the pilot's failure to correctly judge the height of the aircraft above the landing surface, and the pilot's total lack of experience in executing water landings.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA02LA071 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