Brandborg Penn C PE 20/14 RANGER
N8541C is a Brandborg Penn C PE 20/14 RANGER, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1997. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wasilla, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 20, 2022 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 10, 1997. 2 documents are on file: 2 × bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Brandborg Penn C
- Model
- PE 20/14 RANGER
- Serial number
- 999
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1997
- Transponder code
- ABB8B2 (octal 52734262)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 20, 2022
- Expires
- October 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- January 7, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · August 10, 1997
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00636051
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hulsey Johnathan James
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 6065 E Hart Lake Loop
Wasilla, AK 99654-9361
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Documents on file 2
Earlier use of this number 1
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The public federal record on N8541C, 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 Hulsey Johnathan James, an individual, certificate issued October 20, 2022, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated August 10, 1997, consistent with the 1997 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 999 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8541C was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-20-135 (serial 20999, cancelled June 25, 1996). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
2 documents received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 8, 2026), Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 15, 2026). [3]
1 NTSB record under N8541C: Accident on February 17, 1985 at Waldron, MO: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-20 · operated under 091
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- 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