Single-engine piston

N238BC

2025 Rainbow Skyreach (Pty) Bushcat

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2025
Serial
CH285C
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Rotax 912ULS series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Morrison, CO
Registration record

N238BC on the FAA register

Type
2025 Rainbow Skyreach (Pty) Bushcat
Serial
CH285C
Engines
Rotax 912ULS series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Morrison, CO
Certificate issued
2025-09-18
Airworthiness date
2025-06-17
Registration expires
2032-09-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · light-sport
Mode S (hex)
A22654
Mode S (octal)
50423124
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-09-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-09-18
    Certificate of registration issued as N238BC to the current registrant.
  • 2025-06-17
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (light-sport)).
  • 2024-01-04
    N238BC previously assigned to a DJI MINI 3 Pro (s/n 1581F4XFA238ML82751); cancelled.
  • 2013-04-30
    N238BC previously assigned to a Homebuilt Glasair III (s/n 3099); cancelled.
Overview

About N238BC

N238BC is a 2025 Rainbow Skyreach (Pty) Bushcat, serial number CH285C. It is registered to an individual in Morrison, Colorado. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 18, 2025 and expires on September 30, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Rotax 912ULS series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (light-sport), dated June 17, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N238BC. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1998-04-17 Accident · St. Martinville, LA Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · FTW98FA185
Reported aircraft: Young Glasair III — a different aircraft that carried the N238BC registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft as a result of VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions and flight into known adverse weather conditions. Contributing factors were turbulence, clouds, dark night and lack of an instrument rating.

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.