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N7485

Griffin Scott M CHALLENGER II

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesGeorgia

N7485 is a Griffin Scott M CHALLENGER II, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine, built in 2009. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Georgetown, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 26, 2025 and expires on September 30, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated January 29, 2009.

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Aircraft

Maker
Griffin Scott M
Model
CHALLENGER II
Serial number
CH2-0407-CW-2795
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
Two-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 7 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Hirth 3203 · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2009
Kit
QUAD CITY ULTRALIGHT ACFT CORP CHALLENGER II
Transponder code
AA1349 (octal 52411511)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 26, 2025
Expires
September 30, 2032
Last FAA action
September 26, 2025
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 · January 29, 2009
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01017460

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Murray Mark J
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
667 Hatcher Rd
Georgetown, GA 39854-3828

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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 2

1994-07-21Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A · exported to Chile · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1930-03-23Alexander Aircraft Co EAGLEROCK A-2 · Valid registration

Connections how N7485 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Hirth 3203 38 aircraft with this engine series · 65 hp
Place
  • Georgetown, GA 10 aircraft registered in this town
  • Georgia 8,800 aircraft registered

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The public federal record on N7485, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Murray Mark J, an individual, certificate issued September 26, 2025, expires September 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated January 29, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CH2-0407-CW-2795 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N7485 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A (serial 962, cancelled July 21, 1994); Alexander Aircraft Co EAGLEROCK A-2 (serial 586, cancelled March 23, 1930). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N7485: Accident on April 30, 1993 at Anahuac, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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NTSB records 1

FTW93LA144Accident on April 30, 1993 at Anahuac, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 962

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G-164A · operated under 137

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data