# Culley OSPREY

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 9570580
- Manufacturer (registry): CULLEY
- Model: OSPREY
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/culley-osprey

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 CHI90DEM05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90DEM05), Jul 1, 1990: Oo-Culley Osprey (N176), Iron Mountain, MI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: JAMMING OF THE RUDDER CABLE BETWEEN THE PULLEY AND THE PULLEY SUPPORT BRACKET AND THE PILOT'S CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE AIRPLANE WITH A KNOWN DEFICIENCY.

## 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 19900701042829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900701042829A), Jul 1, 1990: Amtros OSPREY2 (N176), Iron Mountain-K, MI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Rudder cable came off pulley,jammed rudder full left on takeoff. Stalled into river. Improper maintenance by pilot.

## The same model under other registry codes

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

- [Unmanned Aerial Research OSPREY](https://openairdocs.org/model/unmanned-aerial-research-osprey): 16 registered aircraft, registry code 0610113
- [Pereira OSPREY](https://openairdocs.org/model/pereira-osprey): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05611CT
- [Archer Donald R OSPREY](https://openairdocs.org/model/archer-donald-r-osprey): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05615PC
- [Wippler Thomas R OSPREY](https://openairdocs.org/model/wippler-thomas-r-osprey): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 056194T
- [Mingo Floyd OSPREY](https://openairdocs.org/model/mingo-floyd-osprey): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05626WZ
- [Ogden Aeronautical OSPREY](https://openairdocs.org/model/ogden-aeronautical-osprey): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 056278A
- [Wilkinson Robert E OSPREY](https://openairdocs.org/model/wilkinson-robert-e-osprey): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05636V4
- [Hladky Richard L OSPREY](https://openairdocs.org/model/hladky-richard-l-osprey): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 957052P
- [Hunt Frank E OSPREY](https://openairdocs.org/model/hunt-frank-e-osprey): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 957052Z
- [Hoffman OSPREY](https://openairdocs.org/model/hoffman-osprey): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 9570533

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