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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 13, 2026Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG
N2516S is a Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2006. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Col4 Training LLC, an LLC in Wichita, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 21, 2025 and expires on November 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated April 15, 2019.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Columbia Aircraft Mfg
- Model
- LC41-550FG · all LC41-550FGs 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. Now the Cessna TTx. This is how the Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41 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
- 41570
- 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 · Cont Motor TSIO-550-C · 310 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2006
- Transponder code
- A25E70 (octal 50457160)
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 21, 2025
- Expires
- November 30, 2032
- Last FAA action
- November 21, 2025
- 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 · UtilityFAA certificate purpose code U (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 15, 2019
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00218529
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Col4 Training 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
- 3359 N 124Th Ct W
Wichita, KS 67223-6900
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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 N2516S links to the rest of the register
- Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41 207 registered
- Columbia Aircraft Mfg 269 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental TSIO-550-C 479 aircraft with this engine series · 310 hp
- Col4 Training LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Wichita, KS 1,327 aircraft registered in this town
- Beech Factory Airport · BEC
- Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower Ntl Airport · ICT
- Cessna Acft Field · CEA
- Colonel James Jabara Airport · AAO
- 2 more landing places in town
- Kansas 5,760 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41 3 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Continental TSIO-550-C 17 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental TSIO-550-C 81 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N2516S.json.
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The public federal record on N2516S, 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 Col4 Training LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 21, 2025, expires November 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 15, 2019, 13 years after the 2006 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 41570 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2516S was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 337C (serial 337-0816, cancelled February 1, 1968). 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]
2 NTSB records under N2516S: Accident on March 6, 2026 at Albuquerque, NM: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal). Accident on January 13, 1988 at Blythe, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG · operated under 091
On March 6, 2026, about 1136 mountain standard time (MST), a Columbia Aircraft LC41-550FG, N2516S, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The airplane was on an instrument flight rules flight plan from Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport (ICT), Wichita, Kansas to Albuquerque International Sunport (KABQ), Albuquerque, New Mexico. The pilot and the passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. A review of preliminary ADS-B data from the FAA revealed that the…
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna T210L · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 13, 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 13, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data