{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2001-09-26","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2001-01-19","city":"LENNON","country_code":"US","county_code":"155","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"09050","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"BOMBARDIER","engine_model":"ROTAX (ALL)","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"QUAD CITY ULTRALIGHT ACFT CORP","kit_model":"CHALLENGER II","last_action_date":"2023-08-04","maker":"Rushka Shawn A","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"RUSHKA SHAWN A","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05610SH","mode_s_code":"50462702","mode_s_hex":"A265C2","model":"CHALLENGER II","n_number":"N2535Z","name":"RUSHKA SHAWN A","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"ELKTON","damage":"DEST","date":"1996-08-15","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"IAD96FA136","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude and control of the airplane while performing aerobatic maneuvers.","registration":"N2535Z","state":"MD","summary":"Accident on August 15, 1996 at Elkton, MD: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N2535Z is a Rushka Shawn A CHALLENGER II, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1998. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lennon, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 19, 2001 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 26, 2001.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Rushka Shawn A, an individual, certificate issued January 19, 2001, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 26, 2001, 3 years after the 1998 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 CH210981790 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N2535Z was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bellanca 8KCAB (serial 34177, cancelled March 24, 1997). 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":"1 NTSB record under N2535Z: Accident on August 15, 1996 at Elkton, MD: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"CH210981790","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MI","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"11675 COPAS RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00776000","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N2535Z","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1998,"zip":"484499652"}