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A Mooney M-20, the same model family as N1156N
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 11, 2026
N1156N

Mooney M20J

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesKentucky

N1156N is a Mooney M20J, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1981. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 28, 2026 and expires on October 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 29, 1981.

Where is it now Last seen October 12 at 11:05 am.

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Aircraft

Maker
Mooney
Model
M20J · all M20Js and related versions
Built of
steel tube and aluminium
A welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. The first M20 and M20A (1955 to 1960) had wooden wings and tails; all later ones are metal. This is how the Mooney M-20 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
24-1251
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER A&C · 200 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
4
Year built
1981
Cruising speed
126 mph
Transponder code
A041FD (octal 50040775)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
October 28, 2026
Expires
October 31, 2033
Last FAA action
October 28, 2026
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · December 29, 1981
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00594360

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Henry Richard
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
1750 Indiana Ave
Fort Campbell, KY 42223-1009

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Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

1965-05-18Bensen Gyro Copter B-7-M · Valid registration

Connections how N1156N links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Fort Campbell, KY 2 aircraft registered in this town
  • Kentucky 2,980 aircraft registered
Airworthiness
Live

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N1156N.json.

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The public federal record on N1156N, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Henry Richard, an individual, certificate issued October 28, 2026, expires October 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated December 29, 1981, consistent with the 1981 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 24-1251 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N1156N was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bensen Gyro Copter B-7-M (serial AP-1, cancelled May 18, 1965). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N1156N: Accident on June 12, 2003 at Lincoln, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

LAX03CA203Accident on June 12, 2003 at Lincoln, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mooney M20J · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 11, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data