Flight Design Gmbh CTSW
N646MA is a Flight Design Gmbh CTSW, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2005. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Ken Graham Phd INC, a corporation in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 9, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated January 12, 2006.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Flight Design Gmbh
- Model
- CTSW · all CTSWs and related versions
- Built of
- compositeThe airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. This is how the Flight Design Gmbh CTSW 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
- 05-11-07
- 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 · Rotax SEE BOMBADIER
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2005
- Transponder code
- A87C99 (octal 52076231)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 9, 2024
- Expires
- January 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- October 17, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Light sportFAA airworthiness class code 9 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · AirplaneFAA certificate purpose code A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · January 12, 2006
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00223949
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ken Graham Phd INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 832 Highline Place Ste 104
Sioux Falls, SD 57110
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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 N646MA links to the rest of the register
- Flight Design Gmbh CTSW 181 registered
- Flight Design Gmbh 330 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rotax all models (one FAA code) 2,584 aircraft with this engine series
- Ken Graham Phd INC 3 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Sioux Falls, SD 248 aircraft registered in this town
- Joe Foss Field · FSD
- South Dakota 2,273 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N646MA.json.
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The public federal record on N646MA, 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 Ken Graham Phd INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 9, 2024, expires January 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Light sport certificate for airplane, dated January 12, 2006, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 05-11-07 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N646MA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-23-250 (serial 27-3255, cancelled October 2, 1980). 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 N646MA: Accident on July 5, 2025 at Joliet, 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.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Flight Design GMBH CTSW · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the crosswind landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data