{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2009-05-02","airworthiness_ops":"Registered before Jan 31, 2008","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2016-12-12","city":"DANVILLE","country_code":"US","county_code":"590","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55558","engine_horsepower":65,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"582UL","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"light-sport","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-22","maker":"Hughes Aero Corp","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"HUGHES AERO CORP","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05902ZZ","mode_s_code":"50500641","mode_s_hex":"A281A1","model":"PREDATOR \"C\"","n_number":"N2602F","name":"ELLIOTT CHRISTOPHER K","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Farmington","damage":"SUBS","date":"2004-07-19","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"DEN04LA106","probable_cause":"the pilot's  inadequate compensation for wind and his improper flare.  Contributing factors include the wind shift, and gusty wind conditions.","registration":"N2602F","state":"NM","summary":"Accident on July 19, 2004 at Farmington, NM: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"ENGLAND AFB","damage":"SUBS","date":"1986-10-29","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"FTW87LA013","probable_cause":"","registration":"N2602F","state":"LA","summary":"Accident on October 29, 1986 at England Afb, LA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N2602F is a Hughes Aero Corp PREDATOR \"C\", a powered parachute with a two-stroke engine, built in 2004. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Danville, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 12, 2016 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated May 2, 2009.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Elliott Christopher K, an individual, certificate issued December 12, 2016, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 2, 2009, 5 years after the 2004 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 PC120753W408 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N2602F was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 182J (serial 18256702, cancelled October 6, 2005). 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 N2602F: Accident on July 19, 2004 at Farmington, NM: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 29, 1986 at England Afb, LA: no injuries, substantial damage. 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"PC120753W408","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"VA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"176 NATHALIE LN","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Powered parachute","type_aircraft_code":"8","type_engine":"Two-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"7","unique_id":"00462039","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N2602F","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2004,"zip":"245405188"}