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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Flight Design Gmbh CTLS
N920SS is a Flight Design Gmbh CTLS, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Eximious Flying Club INC, a corporation in Ferndale, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 19, 2021 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated May 20, 2010.
Where is it now Last seen October 10 at 2:41 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Flight Design Gmbh
- Model
- CTLS · all CTLSs and related versions
- Built of
- compositeThe airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. This is how the Flight Design Gmbh CTLS family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- F-10-02-05
- 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
- 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 912ULS SERIES · 100 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- ACBFCB (octal 53137713)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 19, 2021
- Expires
- June 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 19, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Light sportFAA airworthiness class code 9 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · AirplaneFAA certificate purpose code A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 20, 2010
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01052951
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Eximious Flying Club INC (flying club: its whole fleet and safety record)
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 1056 Withington St
Ferndale, MI 48220-1254
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N920SS links to the rest of the register
- Flight Design Gmbh CTLS 142 registered
- Flight Design Gmbh 330 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rotax 912ULS series 3,383 aircraft with this engine series · 100 hp
- Eximious Flying Club INC 3 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Ferndale, MI 10 aircraft registered in this town
- Michigan 7,217 aircraft registered
- Where N920SS is now · Last seen October 10 at 2:41 pm.
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N920SS.json.
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The public federal record on N920SS, 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 Eximious Flying Club INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 19, 2021, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Light sport certificate for airplane; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F-10-02-05 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N920SS 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 N920SS: Accident on June 28, 2021 at Ray, MI: serious injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Flight Design GMBH CTLS · operated under 091
The flight instructor’s improper decision to direct the student pilot to exit the airplane with the engine running, which resulted in serious injury when the student walked into the propeller arc.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data