# N48DS: Stiles Charles R BARRACUDA, registration cancelled 2014-11-26

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: November 26, 2014
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Stiles Charles R BARRACUDA](https://openairdocs.org/model/stiles-charles-r-barracuda) (registry code 05613K2)
- Serial number: 216
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: October 21, 1980
- Certificate issued: December 18, 1980
- Last registry action: March 30, 1991
- Mode S code: A5E69C
- Owner when cancelled: [Stiles Charles R](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/STILES%20CHARLES%20R)
- Location: [Lansing, MI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MI/Lansing)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 42.7294° N, 84.5562° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 48933, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48DS
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=48DS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48DS-2014-11-26

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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 Stiles Charles R BARRACUDA: https://openairdocs.org/model/stiles-charles-r-barracuda.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 CHI89DEC01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89DEC01), Oct 17, 1988: Experimental Barracuda (N48DS), Ypsilanti, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING AND INABILITY TO APPROPRIATELY CORRECT FOR THE PORPOISE ACTION OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## FAA accident and incident reports (3)

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.

- [Incident 19920105002539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920105002539I), Jan 5, 1992: Amtrjf BARRACUDA (N48DS), Lexington, GA, Minor damage. Engine shut down on descent. Emergency landing,had excessive play in throttle control due to broken cable.
- [Accident 19881016050089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881016050089A), Oct 16, 1988: Amtrjf BARRACUDA (N48DS), Detroit, MI, Substantial damage. Porpoised on landing, applied power to go around but hit runway nose first, bending prop and driving gear thru wing
- [Incident 19810320023589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810320023589I), Mar 20, 1981: Amtrjf BARRACUDA (N48DS), Lakeland, FL, Minor damage. Left landing gear collapsed as aircraft made slow left turn off runway. Main gear linkage problem.

## Other aircraft with N48DS

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48DS): Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42, S/N 42.AC070, built 2007

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