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A Great Lakes 2, the same model family as N16GL
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 27, 2026
N16GL

Great Lakes 2T-1A-2

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesColorado

N16GL is a Great Lakes 2T-1A-2, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 15, 2026 and expires on July 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for acrobatic, dated August 29, 2000.

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Aircraft

Maker
Great Lakes
Model
2T-1A-2 · all 2T-1A-2s and related versions
Built of
steel tube, wood and fabric
A welded steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings, all covered in fabric: the construction of the 1930s and 1940s, which makes wood rot and fabric age the inspection items. This is how the Great Lakes 2 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
0772
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 AEIO-360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
78 mph
Transponder code
A0EFF6 (octal 50167766)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
July 15, 2026
Expires
July 31, 2033
Last FAA action
July 15, 2026
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · AcrobaticFAA certificate purpose code A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 29, 2000
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00223646

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Duncan David
Type
Co-ownedFAA type of owner code 4 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
13725 Wildoak Dr
Colorado Springs, CO 80908-3342
Co-owners
Duncan Mary

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 1

1994-10-12Endicott Thomas L KR-2 · Valid registration

Connections how N16GL links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N16GL.json.

Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N16GL, 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 Duncan David, a co-owned, certificate issued July 15, 2026, expires July 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for acrobatic; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0772 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N16GL was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Endicott Thomas L KR-2 (serial 7904, cancelled October 12, 1994). 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

2 NTSB records under N16GL: Accident on January 28, 2017 at Canon City, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 17, 2003 at Newman Lake, WA: no injuries, substantial 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 2

GAA17CA125Accident on January 28, 2017 at Canon City, CO: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Great Lakes 2T1A · operated under 091

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s unstabilized approach.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

SEA03LA141Accident on July 17, 2003 at Newman Lake, WA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from an object while on final approach for landing. Trees and inadequate visual lookout were factors.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data