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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Dan Smith CCK-1865
N952SA is a Dan Smith CCK-1865, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2024. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Buda, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 22, 2025 and expires on April 30, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 5, 2024.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Dan Smith
- Model
- CCK-1865
- Serial number
- CCK-1865-1088
- 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 · Lycoming CC363I · 186 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2024
- Kit
- CUB CRAFTERS INC CCK-1865
- Transponder code
- AD3DA6 (octal 53236646)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 22, 2025
- Expires
- April 30, 2032
- Last FAA action
- April 22, 2025
- 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 · November 5, 2024
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01468801
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Abel Steve
- 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
- PO Box 1215
Buda, TX 78610-1215
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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 N952SA links to the rest of the register
- Dan Smith 1 aircraft on the register
- Lycoming CC363I 219 aircraft with this engine series · 186 hp
- Buda, TX 16 aircraft registered in this town
- Texas 29,966 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N952SA.json.
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The public federal record on N952SA, 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 Abel Steve, an individual, certificate issued April 22, 2025, expires April 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated November 5, 2024, consistent with the 2024 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CCK-1865-1088 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N952SA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 152 (serial 15280667, cancelled August 8, 2016). 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]
2 NTSB records under N952SA: Accident on July 7, 2025 at La Garita, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 23, 2016 at Melrose, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cub Crafters CCK-1865 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from terrain while maneuvering at low altitude in mountainous terrain. Contributing was the pilot’s inadequate preflight planning and aeronautical decision making.
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Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 152 · operated under 091
A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
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