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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Hughes Aero Corp PREDATOR
N912AM is a Hughes Aero Corp PREDATOR, a powered parachute with a four-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Humboldt, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 30, 2022 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated August 6, 2007.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Hughes Aero Corp
- Model
- PREDATOR · all PREDATORs and related versions
- Serial number
- PC03079XW3
- Type
- Powered parachuteFAA type of aircraft code 8 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 912 · 80 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- AC9E25 (octal 53117045)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 30, 2022
- Expires
- July 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 18, 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 · Registered before Jan 31, 2008FAA certificate purpose code 8A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 6, 2007
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00353519
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bruening Michael S
- 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
- 45368 259Th St
Humboldt, SD 57035-6104
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N912AM links to the rest of the register
- Hughes Aero Corp PREDATOR 9 registered
- Hughes Aero Corp 16 aircraft on the register
- Rotax 912 241 aircraft with this engine series · 80 hp
- Humboldt, SD 2 aircraft registered in this town
- South Dakota 2,276 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N912AM.json.
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The public federal record on N912AM, 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 Bruening Michael S, an individual, certificate issued July 30, 2022, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial PC03079XW3 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N912AM 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 N912AM: Accident on October 16, 2014 at Branson, MO: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes Aero CORP PREDATOR · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control when executing a landing with a tailwind, resulting in impact with a retaining wall.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data