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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Sport Plane Dynamics Llc LIGHTNING
N121L is a Sport Plane Dynamics Llc LIGHTNING, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2010. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Grand Prairie, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 27, 2025 and expires on February 29, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 26, 2010.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Sport Plane Dynamics Llc
- Model
- LIGHTNING
- Serial number
- 45
- 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
- Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Jabiru 3300 · 120 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2010
- Kit
- ARION AIRCRAFT LLC LIGHTNING
- Transponder code
- A05863 (octal 50054143)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 27, 2025
- Expires
- February 29, 2032
- Last FAA action
- February 27, 2025
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 26, 2010
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01007562
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wheeler Philip G
- 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
- 3140 Spyglass Dr
Grand Prairie, TX 75052-7509
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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 2
Connections how N121L links to the rest of the register
- Sport Plane Dynamics Llc 1 aircraft on the register
- Jabiru 3300 475 aircraft with this engine series · 120 hp
- Grand Prairie, TX 166 aircraft registered in this town
- Grand Prairie Municipal · GPM
- Texas 29,966 aircraft registered
- Report filed on this aircraft: Line, cracked · 2003-06-18
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N121L.json.
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The public federal record on N121L, 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.
Valid registration to Wheeler Philip G, an individual, certificate issued February 27, 2025, expires February 29, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated July 26, 2010, consistent with the 2010 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 45 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N121L was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-31 (serial 317512005, cancelled September 2, 1994); Cessna 172G (serial 17254798, cancelled March 5, 1992). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
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]
3 NTSB records under N121L: Accident on October 24, 2012 at Casa Grande, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 22, 2010 at Glendale, AZ: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on January 13, 1992 at Atlantic Ocean, AO: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Sport Plane Dynamics LLC LIGHTNING · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to follow specified procedures for an aborted landing and loss of control during the attempt.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Sport Plane Dynamics LLC LIGHTNING · operated under 091
The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a bounced landing and loss of directional control.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172G · operated under 091
LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO UNDETERMINED REASONS.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data