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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Rainbow Aircraft (Pty) Ltd CHEETAH XLS
N146RC is a Rainbow Aircraft (Pty) Ltd CHEETAH XLS, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2009. It has 2 seats. It is registered to East Coast Aviation LLC, an LLC in Sheridan, Wyoming. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 9, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated September 16, 2009.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Rainbow Aircraft (Pty) Ltd
- Model
- CHEETAH XLS
- Serial number
- CH090
- 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 2200 · 85 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2009
- Transponder code
- A0BA74 (octal 50135164)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 9, 2025
- Expires
- May 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- May 9, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Light sportFAA airworthiness class code 9 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · AirplaneFAA certificate purpose code A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 16, 2009
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01031993
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- East Coast Aviation 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
- 30 N Gould St Ste R
Sheridan, WY 82801-6317
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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
Connections how N146RC links to the rest of the register
- Rainbow Aircraft (Pty) Ltd 1 aircraft on the register
- Jabiru 2200 147 aircraft with this engine series · 85 hp
- East Coast Aviation LLC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Sheridan, WY 438 aircraft registered in this town
- Sheridan County · SHR
- Wyoming 3,234 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N146RC.json.
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The public federal record on N146RC, 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 East Coast Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 9, 2025, expires May 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Light sport certificate for airplane, dated September 16, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CH090 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N146RC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bell 206B (serial 3812, cancelled March 23, 2005). 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]
1 NTSB record under N146RC: Accident on May 27, 2026 at Knightdale, NC: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rainbow Aircraft (PTY) LTD CHEETAH XLS · operated under 091
On May 27, 2026, about 1420 eastern daylight time, a special light sport Rainbow Cheetah XLS airplane, N146RC, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Knightdale, North Carolina. The flight instructor and student pilot were seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. The flight instructor reported that he was the pilot in command of the accident flight. He was conducting an introductory flight for a prospective student pilot and planned to demonstrate several maneuvers. The flight departed Cox A…
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