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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Van Lehn Richard Glenn HATZ CLASSIC
N85EX is a Van Lehn Richard Glenn HATZ CLASSIC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2022. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Frederick, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 17, 2021 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 15, 2022.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Van Lehn Richard Glenn
- Model
- HATZ CLASSIC
- Serial number
- 194
- 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 · Rotec R3600 · 150 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2022
- Transponder code
- ABA579 (octal 52722571)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 17, 2021
- Expires
- March 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 28, 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 · May 15, 2022
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01337591
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Van Lehn Richard Glenn
- 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
- 3722 Seward Ln
Frederick, MD 21704-7846
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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 N85EX links to the rest of the register
- Van Lehn Richard Glenn 1 aircraft on the register
- Rotec R3600 17 aircraft with this engine series · 150 hp
- Frederick, MD 100 aircraft registered in this town
- Frederick Municipal · FDK
- Maryland 2,348 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N85EX, 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 Van Lehn Richard Glenn, an individual, certificate issued March 17, 2021, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated May 15, 2022, consistent with the 2022 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 194 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N85EX was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Chase Alfred ROTORWAY EXEC (serial 3034, cancelled May 2, 1995). 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 N85EX: Accident on May 29, 2022 at Frederick, MD: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Van Lehn Hatz Classic · operated under 091
The pilot’s inadvertent application of the brakes during the landing roll which resulted in a nose over.
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