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N85EX

Van Lehn Richard Glenn HATZ CLASSIC

Valid Maryland

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.

Aircraft

Maker
Van Lehn Richard Glenn
Model
HATZ CLASSIC
Serial number
194
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Rotec R3600 · 150 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2022
Transponder code
ABA579 (octal 52722571)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 17, 2021
Expires
March 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · May 15, 2022
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
01337591

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Van Lehn Richard Glenn
Type
Individual
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

1995-05-02Chase Alfred ROTORWAY EXEC · exported to Sweden · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Van Lehn Richard Glenn, an individual, certificate issued March 17, 2021, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated May 15, 2022, consistent with the 2022 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 194 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

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]

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 N85EX: Accident on May 29, 2022 at Frederick, MD: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

ERA22LA245Accident on May 29, 2022 at Frederick, MD: no injuries, substantial damage.

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.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA22LA245 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data