Single-engine piston

N222CH

Homebuilt Challenger II

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
CH2-0701-2118
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Rotax 503 DCDI
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Gnd Efeckt LLP (Partnership)
Based
Cairo, NE
Registration record

N222CH on the FAA register

Type
Homebuilt Challenger II
Serial
CH2-0701-2118
Engines
Rotax 503 DCDI
Registered owner
Gnd Efeckt LLP
Cairo, NE
Certificate issued
2025-10-03
Airworthiness date
2007-11-28
Registration expires
2032-10-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · light-sport
Mode S (hex)
A1E8A9
Mode S (octal)
50364251
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-10-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-10-03
    Certificate of registration issued as N222CH.
  • 2007-11-28
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (light-sport)).
Overview

About N222CH

N222CH is a Homebuilt Challenger II, serial number CH2-0701-2118. The FAA register lists Gnd Efeckt LLP as the registrant in Cairo, Nebraska. The current certificate of registration was issued on October 3, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032.

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 (light-sport), dated November 28, 2007.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N222CH. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1996-04-16 Accident · Lakeland, FL Damage: Substantial Fatal injury NTSB · MIA96FA118
Reported aircraft: Hawker FB-60 — a different aircraft that carried the N222CH registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot's improper use of brakes and ailerons, during the landing rollout with a right crosswind, which resulted in a loss of directional control and subsequent nose over. Factors relating to the accident were: the crosswind and the pilot's lack of experience in the Hawker FB-60 airplane.

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.