Single-engine piston

N4853A

1994 Homebuilt Challenger II

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1994
Serial
CH2 1194 1253
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Hirth 2702
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Quitman, TX
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Registration record

N4853A on the FAA register

Type
1994 Homebuilt Challenger II
Serial
CH2 1194 1253
Engines
Hirth 2702
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Quitman, TX
Certificate issued
2025-05-19
Airworthiness date
2007-12-07
Registration expires
2032-05-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · light-sport
Mode S (hex)
A5FDEE
Mode S (octal)
51376756
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-05-19
    Certificate of registration issued as N4853A to the current registrant.
  • 2007-12-07
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (light-sport)).
  • 1994
    Manufactured (1994).
  • 1988-09-22
    N4853A previously assigned to a Homebuilt Executive (s/n 18437316); cancelled.
  • 1960-09-29
    N4853A previously assigned to a Piper PA-22-150 (s/n 22-4006); cancelled.
Overview

About N4853A

N4853A is a 1994 Homebuilt Challenger II, serial number CH2 1194 1253. It is registered to an individual in Quitman, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 19, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Hirth 2702 engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (light-sport), dated December 7, 2007.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N4853A. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1984-11-29 Accident · Tracy, CA Damage: Destroyed Minor injury NTSB · LAX85LA053
Reported aircraft: Donald W Devine Executive — a different aircraft that carried the N4853A 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.