Single-engine piston

N311KA

2008 Homebuilt GS-2 Sportsman

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2008
Serial
7119
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming IO-390 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Havana, FL
Registration record

N311KA on the FAA register

Type
2008 Homebuilt GS-2 Sportsman
Serial
7119
Engines
Lycoming IO-390 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Havana, FL
Certificate issued
2024-04-10
Airworthiness date
2008-04-26
Registration expires
2031-04-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A34B6A
Mode S (octal)
50645552
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Kit
Glasair Aviation Llc GS-2 SPORTSMAN
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-04-10
    Certificate of registration issued as N311KA to the current registrant.
  • 2008-04-26
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 2002-09-17
    N311KA previously assigned to a Kaman Aerospace K-1200 (s/n A94-0017); cancelled.
Overview

About N311KA

N311KA is a 2008 Homebuilt GS-2 Sportsman, serial number 7119. It is registered to an individual in Havana, Florida. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 10, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming IO-390 series engine and 4 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated April 26, 2008.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N311KA. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2000-07-11 Accident · Cusick, WA Damage: Substantial Serious injury NTSB · SEA00LA129
Reported aircraft: Kaman K-1200 — a different aircraft that carried the N311KA registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The termination of power to the main rotor system as a result of the malfunction of the free-wheeling sprag clutch assembly, followed by the torsional overload separation of the engine adapter shaft. Factors include trees in the area where the emergency descent was attempted.

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.