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Models · Quartz Mountain Aerospace Inc · Piston singles · data as of October 23, 2026

Quartz Mountain Aerospace Inc 11

8 on the U.S. register. Built from 2008 to 2009; half of them date from 2008 or earlier. Texas has the most (2). 38% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are not named here at this time.

About the 11 from the FAA's model table

Type
Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston singles
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 engine
Common engines
Cont Motor Io-360-Es (8)
Seats
4
Built of
aluminium
Maker on the register
Quartz Mountain Aerospace Inc
Registered
earliest certificate July 26, 2012; newest June 19, 2026

Who owns them registrant type

By owner type, as a table
aircraftshare
Individual450%
LLC338%
Co-owned112%

Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft

VersionRegisteredBuiltShare
11E82008 to 2009100.0%

When they were built by decade

0246882000
By decade built, as a table
aircraft
20008

Registrations by year certificates issued since 2010, including changes of owner · 2026 is the year so far

Registrations by year, as a table
aircraft
20122
20171
20231
20241
20252
20261

Registration status

By status, as a table
aircraftshare
Valid8100%

Airworthiness certificate class

By airworthiness certificate, as a table
aircraftshare
Standard562%
Experimental338%

Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs

Krehko Industries LLC1Blue Sky Wings LLC1Aero Club Valkaria LLC1
Largest fleets, as a table
aircraft
Krehko Industries LLC1
Blue Sky Wings LLC1
Aero Club Valkaria LLC1

Accident history NTSB records · 2 cases since 1982, 0 fatal

2025-10-01CEN26LA003 · 11E N516BW · accident near Earlham, IA · no injuries
2010-06-25ERA10CA333 · 11E N216JD · accident near Inglis, FL · no injuries

The 2 most recent of 2 cases where the NTSB's make and model match this family's versions. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record. How this model compares with others, with the fleet taken into account: Accidents by model in Aviation Analytics.

Questions people ask answers refresh every morning

How many Quartz Mountain Aerospace Inc 11 aircraft are registered in the U.S.?

8 as of October 23, 2026, counting 1 version the FAA records separately.

Which state has the most Quartz Mountain Aerospace Inc 11s?

Texas, with 2.

Who owns the Quartz Mountain Aerospace Inc 11?

38% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are not named on this site at this time.

When were the Quartz Mountain Aerospace Inc 11s on the register built?

Between 2008 and 2009; half of them in 2008 or earlier.

How many Quartz Mountain Aerospace Inc 11 accidents has the NTSB recorded?

2 accidents and incidents since 1982, 0 of them fatal. A model flown more shows more; the accident analytics compare models per thousand registered.

What is the Quartz Mountain Aerospace Inc 11 made of?

The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. The FAA's type certificate data sheet is the authority for any one model.

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Quartz Mountain Aerospace Inc 11 the component layer

The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. The FAA has issued 1 airworthiness directive (orders that owners must comply with) that name this model, most of them about flight controls. Operators and repair shops have filed 4 failure reports with the FAA since 2009, 4 of them in the last ten years: about 50.0 a year for every 100 aircraft on the register; the system most often named is engine. 1 approved modification exist for it, the most by Avtek.

FAA orders 1 airworthiness directives · newest first

2010-07-062010-11-07 · Flight Controls · flight controls

By system

Orders by system, as a table
ordersshare
Flight controls1100%

Failure reports 4 since 2009 · what operators and shops told the FAA

01234409
Failure reports by year, as a table
reports
094

By system

Failure reports by system, as a table
reportsshare
Engine250%
Flight controls125%
Airframe structure125%

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Parts most reported, as a table
reports
Rod End2
Breather Tube1
Line1

Latest reports

2009-01-17Breather Tube: leaking · engine
2009-01-16Rod End: lack of lube · airframe structure
2009-01-10Line: misrouted · engine
2009-01-05Rod End: lack of lube · flight controls

Approved replacement parts 1 parts manufacturer approvals

Parts a company other than the maker may make for this design and sell as FAA-approved. The companies holding the most:

Most often: skyview hdx (1).

Approved modifications 1 supplemental type certificates

Changes the FAA has approved for this design, from new avionics and engines to floats and parachutes. The companies holding the most:

Latest

2010-07-28SA5156NM (PG 3) · Fabrication and installation of Pulsar-MOSFET Landing Light Flasher System

Sources: the FAA's type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, supplemental type certificates, special conditions and special airworthiness information bulletins (Dynamic Regulatory System), and the FAA's service difficulty reports. A failure report is what an operator or repair station chose to file; the counts show reporting as much as reliability, and larger and commercial fleets report more. How the systems are grouped.

Connections how the 11 links to the rest of the register

Engines
Where they are
Biggest operators
Record
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/model/quartz-mountain-aerospace-inc/11.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 8

Tail no.Maker and modelOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N506BW Quartz Mountain Aerospace Inc
11E
Individual owner
New Mexico
Standard 2026-06-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N316DR Quartz Mountain Aerospace Inc
11E
Krehko Industries LLC
Gillette, Wyoming
Experimental 2025-12-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N511BW Quartz Mountain Aerospace Inc
11E
Individual owner
Texas
Standard 2025-03-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N705QM Quartz Mountain Aerospace Inc
11E
Individual owner
Texas
Experimental 2024-03-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N519BW Quartz Mountain Aerospace Inc
11E
Aero Club Valkaria LLC
Malabar, Florida
Standard 2023-10-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N396SS Quartz Mountain Aerospace Inc
11E
Individual owner
California
Experimental 2017-12-29 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N514BW Quartz Mountain Aerospace Inc
11E
Co-owned owner
Missouri
Standard 2012-09-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N507BW Quartz Mountain Aerospace Inc
11E
Blue Sky Wings LLC
Parker, Colorado
Standard 2012-07-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes