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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 4, 2026Root Byron L SHERPA
N1415B is a Root Byron L SHERPA, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1993. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Caneel Enterprise LLC, an LLC in Nibley, Utah. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 19, 2015 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 24, 1993. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Root Byron L
- Model
- SHERPA
- Serial number
- 0012
- 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 IO-720 · 400 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1993
- Transponder code
- A0A970 (octal 50124560)
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 19, 2015
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 16, 2023
- 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 · September 24, 1993
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00074422
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Caneel Enterprise LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 3247 S 250 W
Nibley, UT 84321-6399
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Documents on file 1
Earlier use of this number 2
Connections how N1415B links to the rest of the register
- Root Byron L 2 aircraft on the register
- Lycoming IO-720 120 aircraft with this engine series · 400 hp
- Caneel Enterprise LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Nibley, UT 6 aircraft registered in this town
- Utah 8,356 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-720 25 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-720 36 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N1415B, 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 Caneel Enterprise LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 19, 2015, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated September 24, 1993, consistent with the 1993 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0012 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1415B was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Root Byron L BR270 (serial 01, cancelled June 9, 1993); Piper-Root PA-18 SUPER CUB (serial 10060, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (October 19, 2026). [3]
2 NTSB records under N1415B: Accident on September 18, 2007 at Scappoose, OR: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 28, 2000 at Helena, MT: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Root Sherpa · operated under 091
A loss of aircraft pitch control due to the fatigue failure of the fuselage tube structure at the flight control stick gimbal mechanism due to an incomplete weld penetration at the root of the weld.
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Aircraft on the NTSB record: Root SHERPA · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing.
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- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 4, 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 4, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data