Smythe Donald F KITFOX CLASSIC IV
N998DS is a Smythe Donald F KITFOX CLASSIC IV, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2000. It has 2 seats. It is registered to M & K Flying Service INC, a corporation in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 27, 2015 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 29, 2000.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Smythe Donald F
- Model
- KITFOX CLASSIC IV
- Serial number
- C9508-0124
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2000
- Kit
- SKYSTAR ACFT CO KITFOX CLASSIC IV
- Transponder code
- ADF0B7 (octal 53370267)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 27, 2015
- Expires
- March 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- March 19, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · March 29, 2000
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00655620
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- M & K Flying Service INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 26 Isabella Way
Hot Springs, AR 71909-6822
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N998DS, 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 M & K Flying Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 27, 2015, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated March 29, 2000, consistent with the 2000 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial C9508-0124 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N998DS 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 N998DS: Accident on May 24, 2014 at Slaughter, LA: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Smythe Donald F KITFOX CLASSIC IV · operated under 091
The pilot’s inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in his attempt to takeoff in conditions under which the airplane was unable to attain a positive rate of climb and resulted in its failure to clear trees.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data