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A Schweizer 269 300 series helicopters, the same model family as N2157P
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 28, 2026
N2157P

Schweizer 269C

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesArizona

N2157P is a Schweizer 269C, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 3 seats. It is registered to Killer Lion Hunts LLC, an LLC in Catalina, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 6, 2021 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 10, 2007.

Where is it now Last seen October 18 at 9:29 am.

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Aircraft

Maker
Schweizer
Model
269C · all 269Cs and related versions
Built of
steel tube and aluminium
A welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. An open steel-tube frame. This is how the Schweizer 269 300 series helicopters 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
S1908
Type
RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (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 HIO-360-D1A · 190 hp
Seats
3
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A1CF70 (octal 50347560)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
November 6, 2021
Expires
November 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 23, 2023
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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · December 10, 2007
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00438599

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Killer Lion Hunts 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
PO Box 9092
Catalina, AZ 85738-9092

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 3

2003-12-10Cessna 182T · exported to United Kingdom · Valid registration
1998-04-07Piper PA-44-180 · Valid registration
—Piper PA-23 · Valid registration

Connections how N2157P links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Lycoming HIO-360-D1A 41 aircraft with this engine series · 190 hp
  • Type certificate 4H12 · held by Schweizer Rsg LLC
Owner
Place
  • Catalina, AZ 1 aircraft registered in this town
  • Arizona 8,422 aircraft registered
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The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N2157P.json.

Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N2157P, 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 Killer Lion Hunts LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 6, 2021, expires November 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; 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 S1908 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N2157P was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Cessna 182T (serial 18281280, cancelled December 10, 2003); Piper PA-44-180 (serial 447995234, cancelled April 7, 1998); Piper PA-23 (serial 23-759, cancelled date not given). 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 N2157P: Accident on October 28, 1996 at Indio Hills, CA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). 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

LAX97FA027Accident on October 28, 1996 at Indio Hills, CA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 44-7995234

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-44-180 · operated under 091

the pilot's spatial disorientation which led to a loss of aircraft control, and exceeding the aircraft's structural design limits after the aircraft had entered a descending spiral. The pilot's lack of instrument flight currency and the dark night were factors in the accident.

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 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 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 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data