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N1473K

Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG

Valid Florida

N1473K is a Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2007. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Tailwinds Aviation LLC, an LLC in Punta Gorda, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 27, 2023 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated July 21, 2007.

Aircraft

Maker
Columbia Aircraft Mfg
Model
LC41-550FG · all LC41-550FGs and related versions
Serial number
41773
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor TSIO-550-C · 310 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2007
Transponder code
A0BF7C (octal 50137574)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 27, 2023
Expires
January 31, 2030
Last FAA action
January 27, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Utility · July 21, 2007
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00369399

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Tailwinds Aviation LLC
Type
LLC
Address
2516 Rio Grande Dr
Punta Gorda, FL 33950-6314

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 2

2004-06-04Fokker F.28 MK 0100 · exported to Netherlands · Valid registration
1965-05-18Luscombe 8A · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N1473K, 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 Tailwinds Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued January 27, 2023, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for utility, dated July 21, 2007, consistent with the 2007 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 41773 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N1473K was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Fokker F.28 MK 0100 (serial 11515, cancelled June 4, 2004); Luscombe 8A (serial 4200, 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 N1473K: Incident on September 5, 2002 at Minneapolis, MN: no injuries, minor 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

CHI02IA270Incident on September 5, 2002 at Minneapolis, MN: no injuries, minor damage.serial on NTSB record: 11515

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Fokker 100 · operated under 121

The improper installation of the #2 main landing gear wheel, including the axle nut not being properly torqued and safetied, which resulted in the wheel separation during takeoff.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI02IA270 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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 October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data