Icon Aircraft Inc A5
N161BA is an Icon Aircraft Inc A5, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2019. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Precocity Academy LLC, an LLC in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 10, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated January 21, 2019.
Where is it now Last seen Thursday at 5:15 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Icon Aircraft Inc
- Model
- A5 · all A5s and related versions
- Built of
- compositeThe airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. A carbon-fibre amphibian. This is how the Icon Aircraft Inc A5 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
- 00079
- 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 · Rotax 912 IS · 100 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2019
- Transponder code
- A0F57F (octal 50172577)
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 10, 2026
- Expires
- February 28, 2033
- Last FAA action
- February 10, 2026
- 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 · January 21, 2019
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01288717
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Precocity Academy 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
- 2021 Stillwater Dr
Gibsonia, PA 15044-6201
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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 N161BA links to the rest of the register
- Icon Aircraft Inc A5 202 registered
- Icon Aircraft Inc 202 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rotax 912 IS 878 aircraft with this engine series · 100 hp
- Precocity Academy LLC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Gibsonia, PA 16 aircraft registered in this town
- Pennsylvania 6,194 aircraft registered
- Where N161BA is now · Last seen Thursday at 5:15 pm.
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The public federal record on N161BA, 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 Precocity Academy LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 10, 2026, expires February 28, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Light sport certificate for airplane, dated January 21, 2019, consistent with the 2019 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 00079 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N161BA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150L (serial 15072988, cancelled August 27, 2013). 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 N161BA: Accident on August 20, 1999 at Garrett, IN: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 150L · operated under 091
the pilot's improper inflight planning/decision to land and takeoff on the airstrip which was unsuitable and closed, and the pilot's failure to attain clearance with the trees during the takeoff initial climb. Factors associated with the accident were the trees and the short airstrip which contained high vegetation.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data