Piston helicopter

N16CG

2022 Homebuilt Cavalon

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2022
Serial
V00493
Class
Piston helicopter
Engines
Rotax 915 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Bothell, WA
Registration record

N16CG on the FAA register

Type
2022 Homebuilt Cavalon
Serial
V00493
Engines
Rotax 915 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Bothell, WA
Certificate issued
2024-04-23
Airworthiness date
2022-03-16
Registration expires
2031-04-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A0EF8E
Mode S (octal)
50167616
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Kit
Autogyro Gmbh CAVALON
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-04-23
    Certificate of registration issued as N16CG to the current registrant.
  • 2022-03-16
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 2002-01-11
    N16CG previously assigned to a Mitsubishi Solitaire (s/n 418SA); cancelled.
Overview

About N16CG

N16CG is a 2022 Homebuilt Cavalon, serial number V00493. It is registered to an individual in Bothell, Washington. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 23, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a piston helicopter, one Rotax 915 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated March 16, 2022.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N16CG. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2001-05-01 Accident · The Woodlands, TX Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · FTW01FA111
Reported aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-2B-40 — a different aircraft that carried the N16CG registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control following a loss of right engine power, which resulted in impact with terrain in an uncontrolled descent. A contributing factor was the loss of right engine power as a result of the fatigue failure of the propeller shaft coupling.
1981-09-24 Accident · Flagstaff,Az, 03 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 3646
Reported aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-2B — a different aircraft that carried the N16CG registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: FOR ADVISORIES.PLT USED WRONG UNICOM FREQ.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.