- Registered owner
- Hughes Ernest C
- Location
- Clayton, NC
- Owner type
- Individual
- Serial number
- 85001
- Year built
- 1985
- Type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Engine
- Reciprocating
- Airworthiness
- Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date
- March 13, 1985
- Certificate issued
- May 5, 1998
- Expires
- June 30, 2027
- Mode S code
- A7F276
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 0
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Information bulletins that may apply
Advisory, not mandatory.
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NTSB investigations · 1
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FAA incident reports · 5
FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model.
Incident 19970518014929INormal Cruise · Redding, CANarrative: engine-driven hydraulic pump pressure line burst losing all fluids. Unable to extend landing gear. Aircraft landed on belly. Damaged propeller and radiator. No pilot deviation. No nemac.Incident 19930724031219ILevel Off Touchdown · Wendover, UTAircraft ground looped on landing rollout. Landing gear collapsed.Incident 19900120006229ILevel Off Touchdown · Red Bluff, CAUnable to lock right gear down. Elected to land gear up. Had a faulty gear limit switch.Accident 19890408006899ATakeoff Ground Roll · Redding, CASwerved to avoid small animal on runway during takeoff. Lost control and ground looped.Incident 19860806061019ILevel Off Touchdown · Scottsbluff, NEReturned with rough engine. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. Weak hydraulic bypass spring and an overrich mixture.
Service difficulty reports
No reports matched to N611AAGeneral aviation reporting is voluntary. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Reports on Morse George JR F85P-1 aircraft
STCs that may be installed
No STCs matched this aircraft’s modelsSTCs change type-certificated designs, and this aircraft isn’t type certificated.