Anderson Thomas C KITFOX SERIES 5
N743JT is an Anderson Thomas C KITFOX SERIES 5, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1998. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Center Hill, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 24, 2023 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated April 10, 1998.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Anderson Thomas C
- Model
- KITFOX SERIES 5
- Serial number
- S9501-0091
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Subaru ALL MDLS A/B · 400 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1998
- Transponder code
- A9FE89 (octal 52377211)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 24, 2023
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- January 24, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · April 10, 1998
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00596721
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Smith Ryan J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 5875 Cr 569
Center Hill, FL 33514-4443
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No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N743JT, 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 Ryan J, an individual, certificate issued January 24, 2023, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated April 10, 1998, consistent with the 1998 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial S9501-0091 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N743JT 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 N743JT: Accident on April 5, 2024 at Yucca Grove, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 26, 2002 at Garden Prairie, IL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Kitfox Series 5 · operated under 091
The pilot’s improper repair of the oil sump, which resulted in a loss of oil pressure and collision with terrain during a precautionary landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR24LA121 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Anderson Kitfox Series 5 · operated under 091
The pilot's miscalculation of fuel consumption and his operation of the fuel system beyond its limitation, which resulted in fuel exhaustion. Contributing factors were transmission wires and dark night conditions.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI02LA260 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