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N506YS

Sam Shames CHALLENGER II

Valid Florida

N506YS is a Sam Shames CHALLENGER II, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lake Placid, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 12, 2014 and expires on March 31, 2027. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Sam Shames
Model
CHALLENGER II
Serial number
CH2-0988-W-0359
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Two-cycle piston, 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Kit
QUAD CITY ULTRALIGHT ACFT CORP CHALLENGER II
Transponder code
A65271 (octal 51451161)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 12, 2014
Expires
March 31, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
01137131

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Shames Samuel J
Type
Individual
Address
1407 Errol St
Lake Placid, FL 33852-7709

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data