Twin turboprop

N497CA

1983 C A S A CN 212-200

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record

Built

1983

Serial

291

Class

Twin turboprop

Engines

2 × Honeywell TPE331-10R

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registered owner

Spore Ltd LLC (LLC)

Based

Colorado Springs, CO

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Registration record

N497CA on the FAA register

Type

1983 C A S A CN 212-200

Serial

291

Engines

2 × Honeywell TPE331-10R

Registered owner

Spore Ltd LLC

Colorado Springs, CO

Certificate issued

2014-07-02

Airworthiness date

2005-11-28

Registration expires

2027-07-31

Airworthiness class

Standard · transport

Mode S (hex)

A62A4C

Mode S (octal)

51425114

Seats (type)

Weight class

20,000 lb and over

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registry history

Timeline

2027-07-31
Registration expires (renewal due).
2022-07-29
Accident at Raeford, NC; damage: substantial.
2014-07-02
Certificate of registration issued as N497CA to the current registrant.
2005-11-28
Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (transport)).
2002-07-01
N497CA previously assigned to a Piper Malibu Mirage / Jetprop / M350 (s/n 4636197); cancelled.
1983
Manufactured (1983).

Overview

About N497CA

N497CA is a 1983 C A S A CN 212-200, serial number 291. The FAA register lists Spore Ltd LLC as the registrant in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 2, 2014 and expires on July 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a twin turboprop, two Honeywell TPE331-10R engines and 28 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (transport), dated November 28, 2005.

N497CA has 1 accident/incident record on file (most serious damage: substantial); details are below. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2022-07-29 Accident · Raeford, NC Damage: Substantial Fatal injury NTSB · ERA22LA348

Reported aircraft: CASA C212

Probable cause: The airplane s encounter with windshear during landing, which resulted in a hard landing and separation of the right main landing gear, and the pilot s subsequent decision to leave his seat in flight, which resulted in his fall from the airplane.

1999-04-04 Accident · Waldron, AR Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · FTW99FA104

Reported aircraft: Piper PA-46-350P — a different aircraft that carried the N497CA registration before this airframe.

Probable cause: The pilot's encounter with adverse weather and loss of aircraft control, which resulted in exceeding the aircraft's design stress limits. Factors were the pilot's lack of total experience in the make and model of airplane, and the icing and thunderstorm weather conditions.

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.