{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2007-10-31","airworthiness_ops":"Registered before Jan 31, 2008","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-02-16","city":"DIAMONDHEAD","country_code":"US","county_code":"047","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55564","engine_horsepower":52,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"503 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2033-02-28","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-02-16","maker":"Quad City","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"QUAD CITY","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05902S2","mode_s_code":"50010545","mode_s_hex":"A01165","model":"CHALLENGER","n_number":"N103RW","name":"FLETCHER JOHN","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Cameron Park","damage":"DEST","date":"2004-07-21","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"LAX04LA274","probable_cause":"The owner-builder's improper main rotor blade (MRB) maintenance/installation by under torquing the blade retaining nut.","registration":"N103RW","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on July 21, 2004 at Cameron Park, CA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"STEVENSVILLE","damage":"DEST","date":"1996-05-24","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"IAD96FA085","probable_cause":"The pilot's improper short field takeoff/procedure and selection of the wrong runway for takeoff.","registration":"N103RW","state":"MD","summary":"Accident on May 24, 1996 at Stevensville, MD: minor injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N103RW is a Quad City CHALLENGER, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine, built in 1999. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Diamondhead, Mississippi. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 16, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated October 31, 2007.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Fletcher John, an individual, certificate issued February 16, 2026, expires February 28, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 31, 2007, 8 years after the 1999 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1194-R0515 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N103RW was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Finke William ROTORWAY EXEC 162F (serial 6235, cancelled November 29, 2004); Piper PA-31-310 (serial 31223, cancelled November 19, 1996). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"2 NTSB records under N103RW: Accident on July 21, 2004 at Cameron Park, CA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on May 24, 1996 at Stevensville, MD: minor injuries, destroyed. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"1194-R0515","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MS","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"898 HAPUNA PL","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Two-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"7","unique_id":"00363629","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N103RW","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1999,"zip":"395253596"}