{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2004-06-30","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2020-02-13","city":"TUCSON","country_code":"US","county_code":"019","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"99999","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"AMA/EXPR","engine_model":"UNKNOWN ENG","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-02-28","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"SKYSTAR ACFT CO","kit_model":"KITFOX SERIES 5","last_action_date":"2023-10-07","maker":"Beauchamp Norm","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BEAUCHAMP NORM","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05617DE","mode_s_code":"52135571","mode_s_hex":"A8BB79","model":"SERIES 5 KITFOX","n_number":"N66180","name":"SZELUGA KENNETH L","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Eloy","damage":"DEST","date":"2023-12-08","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"WPR24FA053","probable_cause":"The separation of a propeller blade during the initial climb due to insufficient blade retention forces. Contributing to the accident was the propeller blade retention design, manufacturing defects that prevented the propeller from achieving adequate grip forces, the pilot\u2019s decision to use the propeller with an untested engine combination, and the lack of initial and ongoing maintenance documentation provided to the pilot by the manufacturer.","registration":"N66180","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on December 8, 2023 at Eloy, AZ: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N66180 is a Beauchamp Norm SERIES 5 KITFOX, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2004. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Tucson, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 13, 2020 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 30, 2004.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Szeluga Kenneth L, an individual, certificate issued February 13, 2020, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated June 30, 2004, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial S9606-0180 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N66180 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (serial 180, cancelled July 5, 1988). 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 N66180: Accident on December 8, 2023 at Eloy, AZ: fatal, destroyed (1 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"S9606-0180","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AZ","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"4921 W HARRIS HAWK PL","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00091749","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N66180","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2004,"zip":"857459443"}