Young Michael W CHALLENGER II
N851MY is a Young Michael W CHALLENGER II, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2002. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Southlake, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 26, 2015 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 8, 2002.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Young Michael W
- Model
- CHALLENGER II
- Serial number
- CH2-0202-R-2186
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Rotax SEE BOMBADIER
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2002
- Kit
- QUAD CITY ULTRALIGHT ACFT CORP CHALLENGER II
- Transponder code
- ABAC39 (octal 52726071)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 26, 2015
- Expires
- February 29, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 21, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · November 8, 2002
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00006459
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hurst Edward E
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 4382 Soda Ridge Rd
Southlake, TX 76092-9247
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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 N851MY, 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 Hurst Edward E, an individual, certificate issued February 26, 2015, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated November 8, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CH2-0202-R-2186 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N851MY 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 N851MY: Accident on February 3, 2003 at Huntington, WV: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Young Challenger II · operated under 091
The pilot's improper decision to switch off the ignition on approach and not attaining the proper touchdown point.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for IAD03LA030 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