{"airworthiness_class":"Light sport","airworthiness_date":"2009-05-11","airworthiness_ops":"Airplane","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2019-12-04","city":"BISBEE","country_code":"US","county_code":"003","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55572","engine_horsepower":100,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"912ULS SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":1,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-22","maker":"Flight Design Gmbh","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"FLIGHT DESIGN GMBH","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"060005B","mode_s_code":"51220411","mode_s_hex":"A52109","model":"CTLS","n_number":"N43CT","name":"COPPER CITY AVIATION SERVICES LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"HAINES CITY","damage":"SUBS","date":"1997-05-16","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"MIA97LA166","probable_cause":"The pilots inadvertent activation of the rear carburetor choke lever during routine engine maintenance the day before the accident.  Contributing to the accident was the unsuitable terrain encountered during the forced landing and also failure of the engine manufacturer to include the preflight examination of the choke levers for proper position.","registration":"N43CT","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on May 16, 1997 at Haines City, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N43CT is a Flight Design Gmbh CTLS, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2009. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Copper City Aviation Services LLC, an LLC in Bisbee, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 4, 2019 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated May 11, 2009.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Copper City Aviation Services LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 4, 2019, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Light sport certificate for airplane, dated May 11, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F-09-01-08 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N43CT was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Elmore Travis C B2B/582 (serial B2B-K061, cancelled July 26, 2006). 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 N43CT: Accident on May 16, 1997 at Haines City, FL: serious 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":2,"serial_number":"F-09-01-08","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AZ","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"212 E VISTA ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"01031197","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N43CT","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2009,"zip":"856031813"}