{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1989-03-17","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-05-08","city":"KINSTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"107","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-09-25","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"09050","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"BOMBARDIER","engine_model":"ROTAX (ALL)","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2032-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-05-08","maker":"Byrd Melvin Gene","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BYRD MELVIN GENE","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05676GC","mode_s_code":"52606076","mode_s_hex":"AB0C3E","model":"CHALLENGER II","n_number":"N81038","name":"LONG ROBERT D","num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N81038 is a Byrd Melvin Gene 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 Kinston, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 8, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 17, 1989.","region":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"CH20788CW0344","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NC","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"523 TYREE RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Two-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"7","unique_id":"00824431","url":"https://staging.data.eflight.com/aircraft/N81038","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"285045369"}