Single-engine piston

N521BC

Rainbow Skyreach (Pty) Bushcat

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
CH185C
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Rotax 912ULS series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Bangor, ME
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Registration record

N521BC on the FAA register

Type
Rainbow Skyreach (Pty) Bushcat
Serial
CH185C
Engines
Rotax 912ULS series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Bangor, ME
Certificate issued
2023-03-27
Airworthiness date
2023-07-05
Registration expires
2030-03-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · light-sport
Mode S (hex)
A68CC1
Mode S (octal)
51506301
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2023-07-05
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (light-sport)).
  • 2023-03-27
    Certificate of registration issued as N521BC to the current registrant.
  • 2011-10-06
    N521BC previously assigned to a Homebuilt YAK-55M (s/n 961007); cancelled.
Overview

About N521BC

N521BC is a Rainbow Skyreach (Pty) Bushcat, serial number CH185C. It is registered to an individual in Bangor, Maine. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 27, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030.

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 July 5, 2023.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N521BC. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2011-08-20 Accident · Hammonton, NJ Damage: Substantial Fatal injury NTSB · ERA11FA468B
Reported aircraft: Yakovlev YAK-55M — a different aircraft that carried the N521BC registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The Lancair pilot's failure to see and avoid the aerobatic airplane. Contributing to the accident was the Lancair pilot's inadequate use of collision avoidance strategies while inbound to an area of known potential aerobatic activity.

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.