{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1999-02-19","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1995-03-13","city":"WALLA WALLA","country_code":"US","county_code":"071","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":"2029-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-02-12","maker":"Anderson Timothy C","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"ANDERSON TIMOTHY C","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05628AF","mode_s_code":"52723251","mode_s_hex":"ABA6A9","model":"KITFOX IV-1200","n_number":"N85TA","name":"ANDERSON TIMOTHY C","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"FAIRBANKS","damage":"SUBS","date":"1997-06-05","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC97LA084","probable_cause":"a seized crankshaft connecting rod bearing.  A factor relating to the acciden was: the lack of suitable terrain for an emergency landing.","registration":"N85TA","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on June 5, 1997 at Fairbanks, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N85TA is an Anderson Timothy C KITFOX IV-1200, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1995. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Walla Walla, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 13, 1995 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated February 19, 1999.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Anderson Timothy C, an individual, certificate issued March 13, 1995, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 19, 1999, 4 years after the 1995 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 HCU085 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N85TA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bell 206B (serial 1606, cancelled May 26, 1976). 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 N85TA: Accident on June 5, 1997 at Fairbanks, AK: 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"HCU085","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"WA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"609 S DIVISION ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00705302","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N85TA","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1995,"zip":"993623352"}