# N2223E: 1990 Illi URS THUNDER GULL, registration cancelled 2013-09-24

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 24, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Illi URS THUNDER GULL](https://openairdocs.org/model/illi-urs-thunder-gull) (registry code 05616WV)
- Engine: [Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)](https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (registry code 09050)
- Serial number: 912-1.5
- Year built: 1990
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: June 29, 1990
- Certificate issued: June 18, 1990
- Last registry action: January 31, 2000
- Mode S code: A1EB35
- Owner when cancelled: [Illi Urs](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ILLI%20URS)
- Location: [Ventura, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Ventura)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 34.2830° N, 119.2243° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 93003, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2223E
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=2223E
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2223E-2013-09-24

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Illi URS THUNDER GULL: https://openairdocs.org/model/illi-urs-thunder-gull.md

## 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 LAX90DVM03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90DVM03), Aug 8, 1990: Illi Thunder Gull (N2223E), Calif Valley, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: POOR JUDGEMENT OF THE PILOT FROM USE OF A DRUG (COCAINE), AND THE PILOT ALLOWING THE DESIGN STRESS LIMITS OF THE AIRCRAFT TO BE EXCEEDED, WHILE MANEUVERING, WHICH RESULTED IN OVERLOAD FAILURE OF THE…

## 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 19900807031509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900807031509A), Aug 7, 1990: Amtr THUNDER GULL (N2223E), California Vall, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Full nose down trim caused dive that exceeded vne. 6 feet of right wing separated. Vertical crash. Cocaine noted.

## Other aircraft with N2223E

- [Cancelled 1988-12-09](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2223E-1988-12-09): Cessna 172N, S/N 17271190. N-number assigned, not yet registered
- [Cancelled 1951-11-21](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2223E-1951-11-21): Aeronca 7AC, S/N 7AC-5797. Owner: [Oldfather Waldo Ray](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/OLDFATHER%20WALDO%20RAY), [South Bend, IN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IN/South%20Bend)

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