Electric rotorcraft

N609CG

Homebuilt R-40

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
1596A309B957F62
Class
Electric rotorcraft
Engines
8
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Terraplex Ag LLC (LLC)
Based
Odebolt, IA
Registration record

N609CG on the FAA register

Type
Homebuilt R-40
Serial
1596A309B957F62
Engines
8
Registered owner
Terraplex Ag LLC
Odebolt, IA
Certificate issued
2026-06-18
Airworthiness date
—
Registration expires
2033-06-30
Airworthiness class
—
Mode S (hex)
A7E8E7
Mode S (octal)
51764347
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2033-06-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-06-18
    Certificate of registration issued as N609CG to the current registrant.
  • 2003-05-01
    N609CG previously assigned to a Homebuilt RV6A (s/n 24765); cancelled.
Overview

About N609CG

N609CG is a Homebuilt R-40, serial number 1596A309B957F62. The FAA register lists Terraplex Ag LLC as the registrant in Odebolt, Iowa. The current certificate of registration was issued on June 18, 2026 and expires on June 30, 2033.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as an electric rotorcraft.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N609CG. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2002-10-06 Accident · Tuskegee, AL Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · MIA03LA002
Reported aircraft: Golden RV6A — a different aircraft that carried the N609CG registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin, and subsequent impact with the terrain.

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.