Unger John L KITFOX II
N729U is an Unger John L KITFOX II, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1992. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Prospect, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 20, 2017 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 7, 1992.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Unger John L
- Model
- KITFOX II
- Serial number
- 729
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1992
- Transponder code
- A9C6BD (octal 52343275)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 20, 2017
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 20, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · May 7, 1992
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00565571
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Leffler Richard A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 767 Mather Rd
Prospect, OR 97536-9706
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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 N729U, 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 Leffler Richard A, an individual, certificate issued April 20, 2017, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated May 7, 1992, consistent with the 1992 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 729 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N729U 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 N729U: Accident on June 24, 2023 at Cave Junction, OR: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Kitfox 2 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain proper airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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