N5683Ellingworth Russell L VIXEN
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Royal Oaks, CA
- Certificate issued
- Aug 9, 2016
- Expires
- Aug 31, 2029
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
- Ellingworth Russell L
- Model
- VIXEN
- Serial number
- ECV-003
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Not Type Certificated
- Seats
- 2
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Kit
- Skystar Acft Co Kitfox Vixen
- Mode S code
- A74763
Engine
- Type
- 4 Cycle
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2016 – nowIndividual ownerRoyal Oaks, CA · current
- 1969Wayne Community CollegeGoldsboro, NC · different airframe: Beechcraft C-45 S/N 44-5683
- until 1936Individual ownerDanville, IL · different airframe: Stinson Sm-1 S/N M-244
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
ADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
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.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
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.
- Landing gear · unknown · unknownJun 30, 2023
GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE GEAR LEVER TO OFF POSITION, LEVER WOULD NOT GO INTO DETENT. EVENTUALLY ABLE TO MOVE LEVER TO OFF POSITION THEN RECEIVED BOTH RED AND GREEN INDICATIONS ON NOSE GEAR. WE COULD HEAR NOSE GEAR STILL DOWN. RESOLUTION: PUT AIRPLANE ON JACKS AND PERFORMED…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026