N789DF1999 Fancher Douglas B SKYSTAR/KITFOX-VIXEN
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 16, 2026- Registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Garvin, OK
- Certificate issued
- Jul 27, 2021
- Expires
- Jul 31, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur Built
- Airworthiness date
- Aug 5, 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
- Fancher Douglas B
- Model
- SKYSTAR/KITFOX-VIXEN
- Year
- 1999
- Serial number
- ADV-030
- 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
- AAB246
Engine
- Make and model
- Cont Motor Io-240 Ser
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 128 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2021 – nowIndividual ownerGarvin, OK · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 16, 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 (2)
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.
- Electrical power · coupling · failedOct 25, 2009
ALTERNATOR DRIVE COUPLING FAILED IN FLIGHT CAUSING LOSS OF ALL ELECTRICAL CHARGING CAPABILITY. FLIGHT CONTINUED TO HOME BASE WITHOUT INCIDENT. THIS IS THE SECOND FAILURE OF THIS PART. FIRST PART (NEW ENGINE) AT 271 HOURS, REPLACED WITH REBUILT PART. THIS ONE LASTED 254 HOURS.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Electrical power · coupling · failedNov 15, 2006
ALTERNATOR DRIVE COUPLING (ONE PIECE UNIT) FAILED IN FLIGHT. LOSS OF ALL ELECTRICAL CHARGING CAPABILITY. OCCURRED DURING NIGHT FLIGHT. UNSCHEDULED LANDING MADE. BATTERY CHARGED AND FLIGHT BACK HOME THE NEXT DAY (DAYLIGHT)
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 16, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 16, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026