N2868M1987 Christen Industries INC A-1
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19821 AD may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 18, 2026- Registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Cass City, MI
- Certificate issued
- Jul 17, 2014
- Expires
- Jul 31, 2027
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and Pest Control
- Airworthiness date
- May 12, 1999
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Christen Industries INC
- Model
- A-1
- Year
- 1987
- Serial number
- 1005
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 2
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A2E7C1
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming 0-360-A1d
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 180 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2014 – nowIndividual ownerCass City, MI · current
- 1964Western Skyways INCTroutdale, OR · different airframe: Piper Pa-12 S/N 12-1297
- Date unknownIndividual ownerdifferent airframe: Piper Pa-28-181 S/N 287890276
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 18, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (1)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-16-06 | Horizontal Stabilizer Structure | Sep 1, 2020 | Airframe (A-1) |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (1)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Wings · flying wire · brokenDec 12, 2003
UPPER LT FLYING WIRE TAIL BROKE ABOUT 6 INCHES FROM TOP ATTACH POINT. WHILE FLYING, FLAT TYPE WIRE.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 18, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 18, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026