Single-engine piston

N82BT

2004 Homebuilt CA6-WB

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record
Built
2004
Serial
97153
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Continental IO 520 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Fernandina Beach, FL
Registration record

N82BT on the FAA register

Type
2004 Homebuilt CA6-WB
Serial
97153
Engines
Continental IO 520 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Fernandina Beach, FL
Certificate issued
2002-03-06
Airworthiness date
2004-07-14
Registration expires
2029-11-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
AB2EAD
Mode S (octal)
52627255
Seats (type)
6
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Kit
Aerocomp Inc COMP AIR 6
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-11-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-06-20
    Accident at Nicholasville, KY; damage: destroyed.
  • 2004-07-14
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 2002-03-06
    Certificate of registration issued as N82BT.
Overview

About N82BT

N82BT is a 2004 Homebuilt CA6-WB, serial number 97153. It is registered to an individual in Fernandina Beach, Florida. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 6, 2002 and expires on November 30, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Continental IO 520 series engine and 6 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated July 14, 2004.

N82BT has 1 accident/incident record on file (most serious damage: destroyed); details are below.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2026-06-20 Accident · Nicholasville, KY Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · WPR26FA223
Reported aircraft: Comp Air CA6-WB
Preliminary report: On June 20, 2026, about 0846 eastern daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Comp Air CA6-WB, N82BT, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Nicholasville, Kentucky. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Recorded ADS-B data provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) showed that the airplane departed from Lexington, Kentucky (LEX), runway 27 at about 0840:00, made a climbing left turn toward the southeast and ascended to an altitude of about 4,500 ft mean sea level (msl). At 0844:57, the data showed that the airplane began a descent, and its groundspeed…
NTSB report ↗

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.