# N72FU: 2008 Czech Aircraft Works Spol Sro SPORTCRUISER, registration cancelled 2024-03-02

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 2, 2024
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Czech Aircraft Works Spol Sro SPORTCRUISER](https://openairdocs.org/model/czech-aircraft-works-spol-sro-sportcruiser) (registry code 060002O)
- Engine: [Rotax 912ULS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (registry code 55572)
- Serial number: 08SC140
- 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: October 4, 2018
- Certificate issued: August 29, 2023
- Last registry action: August 29, 2023
- Mode S code: A9A1C3
- Owner when cancelled: [Stewart William J](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/STEWART%20WILLIAM%20J)
- Location: [Southport, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/Southport)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 33.9652° N, 78.0348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 28461, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72FU
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=72FU
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72FU-2024-03-02

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 Czech Aircraft Works Spol Sro SPORTCRUISER: https://openairdocs.org/model/czech-aircraft-works-spol-sro-sportcruiser.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 ERA24LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA010), Oct 15, 2023: Czech Aircraft Works Spol Sro Sportcruiser (N72FU), Southport, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s use of carburetor heat during takeoff, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power during initial climb due to an excessively rich fuel-air mixture.

## 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 20231015015869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231015015869A), Oct 15, 2023: Czech Aircraft Works Spol Sro SPORTCRUISER (N72FU), Southport, NC, Destroyed. At 07:53 local, 11:53 zulu time A check sport cruiser took off from oak island airport (sut) and reported engine troubles and crashed into some trees off the…

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