Golden Eagle CHIEF
N68N is a Golden Eagle CHIEF, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Mattoon, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 27, 2021 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated December 18, 1955.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Golden Eagle
- Model
- CHIEF
- Serial number
- 803
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Ken Royce 7 SERIES · 120 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 102 mph
- Transponder code
- A9020A (octal 52201012)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 27, 2021
- Expires
- September 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 10, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · December 18, 1955
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00283536
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Rasmussen William J III
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 705 Country Club Rd
Mattoon, IL 61938-9272
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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 N68N, 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 Rasmussen William J III, an individual, certificate issued September 27, 2021, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 803 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N68N 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 N68N: Accident on September 3, 2017 at Mt. Zion, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 10, 2007 at Hindsboro, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Golden Eagle Chief · operated under 091
A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN17LA338 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Golden Eagle Chief · operated under 091
The loss of engine power due to the number seven cylinder's separation during cruise and the crops encountered during the forced landing leading to the airplane nosing over.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI07CA276 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