Light jet

N4017B

1964 Homebuilt CT-114 Tutor

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1964
Serial
26017
Class
Light jet
Engines
Ge J85-GE-5A
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Pacific Flyiing Service Inc (Corporation)
Based
Mercer Island, WA
Registration record

N4017B on the FAA register

Type
1964 Homebuilt CT-114 Tutor
Serial
26017
Engines
Ge J85-GE-5A
Registered owner
Pacific Flyiing Service Inc
Mercer Island, WA
Certificate issued
2000-05-10
Airworthiness date
2001-06-04
Registration expires
2027-05-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A4B3A7
Mode S (octal)
51131647
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
12,500–19,999 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2001-06-04
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 2000-05-10
    Certificate of registration issued as N4017B to the current registrant.
  • 1997-10-09
    N4017B previously assigned to a Ayres S2R-T34 (s/n T34002); cancelled.
  • 1975-01-29
    N4017B previously assigned to a Aeronca L-16A (s/n 47-1023); cancelled.
  • 1964
    Manufactured (1964).
Overview

About N4017B

N4017B is a 1964 Homebuilt CT-114 Tutor, serial number 26017. The FAA register lists Pacific Flyiing Service Inc as the registrant in Mercer Island, Washington. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 10, 2000 and expires on May 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a light jet, one Ge J85-GE-5A engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated June 4, 2001.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N4017B. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1990-09-26 Accident · Thornton, MS Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · MIA90FA190
Reported aircraft: Ayres S2R-T34 — a different aircraft that carried the N4017B registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE IMPROPER DRILLING OF A HOLE IN THE SPAR CAP BY A MECHANIC RESULTING IN THE INITIATION OF FATIGUE CRACKING IN THE SPAR CAP AND SUBSEQUENT FAILURE OF THE SPAR CAP AND INFLIGHT SEPARATION OF THE WING.
1980-06-14 Accident · Seminole,Tx, 43 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 0557
Reported aircraft: Ayres S-2R — a different aircraft that carried the N4017B registration before this airframe.

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.