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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Bauer Thomas G KITFOX III
N573TB is a Bauer Thomas G KITFOX III, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2008. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fish Creek, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 9, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 26, 2008.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Bauer Thomas G
- Model
- KITFOX III
- Serial number
- 1016
- 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
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 912UL · 80 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2008
- Kit
- DENNEY AEROCRAFT COMPANY KITFOX III
- Transponder code
- A75B39 (octal 51655471)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 9, 2024
- Expires
- April 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- April 9, 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 · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 26, 2008
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01013102
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Smith Ken S
- 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
- 9090 State Highway 42
Fish Creek, WI 54212-9717
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N573TB links to the rest of the register
- Bauer Thomas G 1 aircraft on the register
- Rotax 912UL 134 aircraft with this engine series · 80 hp
- Fish Creek, WI 10 aircraft registered in this town
- Wisconsin 6,162 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N573TB.json.
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The public federal record on N573TB, 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 Smith Ken S, an individual, certificate issued April 9, 2024, expires April 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated September 26, 2008, consistent with the 2008 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1016 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N573TB 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 N573TB: Accident on July 27, 2026 at Ephraim, WI: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 20, 2014 at Bumpass, VA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Kitfox III · operated under 091
On July 26, 2026, at 1941 central daylight time, an experimental Kitfox III airplane, N573TB, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Ephraim, Wisconsin. The private pilot and a passenger were uninjured. The airplane was operated under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations as a Part 91 personal flight. The pilot stated that he had flown the airplane for about an hour and was returning to Ephriam Airport, Ephraim, Wisconsin. During approach for landing on runway 14, the airplane engine suddenly lost total power. The pilot then performed a forced landing to a field a…
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Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bauer Thomas G KITFOX III · operated under 091
The pilot's improper flare during a water landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 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 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data