The pilot held a private pilot certificate with a rating for airplane single engine land. His most recent FAA third-class medical certificate was issued December 6, 1999. Preliminary review of FAA records revealed the pilot did not hold a valid medical certificate nor had he completed a BasicMed course. A review of his logbook revealed the pilot had logged 334 total hours of flight experience. He logged 4.7 total hours of flight experience in 2018. His most recent flight was 1.1 hours in duration on April 27, 2018 in a Flight Design CTLS airplane. According to employees of Commuter Craft and the pilot's logbook, the pilot had no experience in the Innovator airplane as either a pilot or passenger.
According to FAA records, the airplane was manufactured in 2018, and its most recent condition inspection was completed on November 12, 2018. It was a two-place, twin-tailboom, rear-engine, pusher-propeller airplane of composite construction. It was powered by a Titan IOX-370-CLD1T4 engine. According to a Commuter Craft employee, the airplane had accrued about 12 hours on the hobbs meter, of which about .3 hours was actual flight time.
