# N162KJ: Seeley Craig SEELEY 162F

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Seeley Craig SEELEY 162F](https://openairdocs.org/model/seeley-craig-seeley-162f) (registry code 05615CA, 2 seats)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Serial number: 6692
- Type: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: June 5, 2003
- Certificate issued: February 27, 2014
- Expires: February 28, 2027
- Mode S code: A0FA06
- Registered owner: [Seeley Craig E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SEELEY%20CRAIG%20E)
- Location: [Argyle, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/Argyle)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 43.2416° N, 73.4718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 12809, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=162KJ
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N162KJ

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Seeley Craig SEELEY 162F)

None in force.

### Matched by engine (Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA21FA317](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21FA317), Aug 7, 2021: Rotorway Exec 162F (N162KJ), Argyle, NY, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s abrupt control inputs, which resulted in a low G condition, main rotor mast bumping, and the subsequent severing of the tail boom by a main rotor blade.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20210807014969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210807014969A), Aug 7, 2021: Seeley Craig SEELEY 162F (N162KJ), Argyle, NY, Substantial damage, 2 fatal. On August 7, 2021, at 1810 eastern daylight time, an experimental, amateur-built rotorway exec 162F helicopter, N162KJ, crashed into a wooded area…

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Related

- Other Seeley Craig SEELEY 162F aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/seeley-craig-seeley-162f/aircraft.md
- The Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng.md

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