Staging copy. The live site is at https://staging.data.eflight.com.
eFlight RegistryFAA data, updated daily
Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N523DS

Shotwell R M / Shotwell D M KITFOX IV

Valid Oregon

N523DS is a Shotwell R M / Shotwell D M KITFOX IV, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1991. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Selma, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 16, 2018 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 9, 1994.

Aircraft

Maker
Shotwell R M / Shotwell D M
Model
KITFOX IV
Serial number
1612
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
Seats
2
Year built
1991
Transponder code
A6946F (octal 51512157)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 16, 2018
Expires
July 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 26, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · November 9, 1994
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00053972

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Shotwell David M
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 504
Selma, OR 97538-0504

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