Single-engine piston

N1974L

2006 Homebuilt Challenger II

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2006
Serial
CH2-1005-CW-2690
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Rotax 503 DCDI
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Montello, WI
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Registration record

N1974L on the FAA register

Type
2006 Homebuilt Challenger II
Serial
CH2-1005-CW-2690
Engines
Rotax 503 DCDI
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Montello, WI
Certificate issued
2023-12-06
Airworthiness date
2019-11-21
Registration expires
2030-12-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A1851B
Mode S (octal)
50302433
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Kit
Quad City Aircraft Corp CHALLENGER
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-12-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2023-12-06
    Certificate of registration issued as N1974L to the current registrant.
  • 2019-11-21
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 2009-06-26
    N1974L previously assigned to a Homebuilt Talon XP (s/n 143); cancelled.
  • 2006
    Manufactured (2006).
Overview

About N1974L

N1974L is a 2006 Homebuilt Challenger II, serial number CH2-1005-CW-2690. It is registered to an individual in Montello, Wisconsin. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 6, 2023 and expires on December 31, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Rotax 503 DCDI engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated November 21, 2019.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N1974L. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2008-07-02 Accident · Cleveland, GA Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · NYC08LA235
Reported aircraft: Lanier James A Talon XP — a different aircraft that carried the N1974L registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: An inadvertent stall during the initial climb.

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.