# N257V: 2008 Flight Design CTLS, registration cancelled 2022-07-30

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 30, 2022
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Flight Design CTLS](https://openairdocs.org/model/flight-design-ctls) (registry code 060005B)
- Engine: [Rotax 912ULS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (registry code 55572)
- Serial number: F-08-05-09
- Year built: 2008
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: 4 cycle
- Airworthiness: Experimental, operating light-sport, previously under 21.190
- Airworthiness date: June 12, 2012
- Certificate issued: November 4, 2008
- Last registry action: July 8, 2019
- Mode S code: A2735A
- Owner when cancelled: [V K Planes LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/V%20K%20PLANES%20LLC)
- Location: [Crete, IL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IL/Crete)
- Owner type: LLC
- Owner's area on the map: 41.4276° N, 87.5861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 60417, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N257V
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=257V
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N257V-2022-07-30

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 Flight Design CTLS: https://openairdocs.org/model/flight-design-ctls.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 CEN20LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA219), Jun 8, 2020: Flight Design Ctls (N257V), Beecher, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to continue takeoff after a partial loss of engine power, and the pilot’s subsequent failure to control airplane pitch during a forced landing. Contributing to the accident was…

## 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 20200608010939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200608010939A), Jun 8, 2020: Flight Design Gmbh CTLS (N257V), Beecher, IL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. PIC of N257V had recently departed bult field, IL. (C56). During climb out N257V crashed into a corn field approximately 1.5 miles north east of C56. Aircraft…

## Other aircraft with N257V

- [Cancelled 1930-12-22](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N257V-1930-12-22): Multiplane EXPERIMENTAL, S/N 1, built 1929. Owner: [Multiplane Aircraft Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MULTIPLANE%20AIRCRAFT%20CORP), [Waterbury, CT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CT/Waterbury)

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