# Illi URS THUNDER GULL

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 05616WV
- Manufacturer (registry): ILLI URS
- Model: THUNDER GULL
- 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/illi-urs-thunder-gull

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 LAX90DVM03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90DVM03), Aug 8, 1990: Illi Thunder Gull (N2223E), Calif Valley, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: POOR JUDGEMENT OF THE PILOT FROM USE OF A DRUG (COCAINE), AND THE PILOT ALLOWING THE DESIGN STRESS LIMITS OF THE AIRCRAFT TO BE EXCEEDED, WHILE MANEUVERING, WHICH RESULTED IN OVERLOAD FAILURE OF THE…

## 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 19900807031509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900807031509A), Aug 7, 1990: Amtr THUNDER GULL (N2223E), California Vall, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Full nose down trim caused dive that exceeded vne. 6 feet of right wing separated. Vertical crash. Cocaine noted.

## The same model under other registry codes

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

- [Croker James B THUNDER GULL](https://openairdocs.org/model/croker-james-b-thunder-gull): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056410R
- [Angolia Anthony Wayne THUNDER GULL](https://openairdocs.org/model/angolia-anthony-wayne-thunder-gull): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0590092
- [Belton Mark THUNDERGULL](https://openairdocs.org/model/belton-mark-thundergull): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 059026D
- [Schroeder Dale THUNDER GULL](https://openairdocs.org/model/schroeder-dale-thunder-gull): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 056027B
- [Ellison Everett B JR THUNDERGULL](https://openairdocs.org/model/ellison-everett-b-jr-thundergull): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 059018P

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