# Burgess SKYHOPPER

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 05601DY
- Manufacturer (registry): BURGESS
- Model: SKYHOPPER
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Cruise speed: 85 mph
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/burgess-skyhopper

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## 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 FTW97LA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA341), Sep 6, 1997: Burgess Skyhopper (N4186C), Jonesboro, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain/maintain the aircraft's airspeed. Factors were the high density altitude and the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

## 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 19970906025709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970906025709A), Sep 6, 1997: Amtr SKYHOPPER (N4186C), Jonesboro, AR, Substantial damage. Aircraft made emergency landing in a field, flipped over. (-23) burgess Skyhopper, amateur built aircraft, departed private grass strip, aircraft did not…

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Rosenhan SKYHOPPER](https://openairdocs.org/model/rosenhan-skyhopper): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05601V3
- [Frank Hoffmann SKY HOPPER](https://openairdocs.org/model/frank-hoffmann-sky-hopper): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056321E
- [Rikustad SKYHOPPER](https://openairdocs.org/model/rikustad-skyhopper): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05601YY
- [Brinkman Richard L SKYHOPPER](https://openairdocs.org/model/brinkman-richard-l-skyhopper): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 056136K

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