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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Will P Boyea CHALLENGER II
N797X is a Will P Boyea CHALLENGER II, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2015. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Millersburg, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 21, 2023 and expires on December 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 17, 2016.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Will P Boyea
- Model
- CHALLENGER II
- Serial number
- CH2-0302-2206
- 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
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 582UL · 65 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2015
- Transponder code
- AAD413 (octal 52552023)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 21, 2023
- Expires
- December 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- December 22, 2023
- 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 · June 17, 2016
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00009739
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Schuler Robert F
- 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
- PO Box 80
Millersburg, MI 49759-0080
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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 N797X links to the rest of the register
- Will P Boyea 1 aircraft on the register
- Rotax 582UL 132 aircraft with this engine series · 65 hp
- Millersburg, MI 2 aircraft registered in this town
- Michigan 7,224 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N797X, 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 Schuler Robert F, an individual, certificate issued December 21, 2023, expires December 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated June 17, 2016, consistent with the 2015 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CH2-0302-2206 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N797X was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Elliott William B RAF 2000 (serial H2-97-8-302, cancelled July 6, 2006). 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 N797X: Accident on December 16, 1998 at Walla Walla, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Elliott RAF 2000 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control after 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data