S C Aerostar S .A. FESTIVAL R40S
N291AF is a S C Aerostar S .A. FESTIVAL R40S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2005. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lithonia, Georgia. The FAA lists the registration as "registration pending, pending cancellation". It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for operating light-sport previously certificated, dated August 27, 2018.
Aircraft
- Maker
- S C Aerostar S .A.
- Model
- FESTIVAL R40S · all FESTIVAL R40Ss and related versions
- Serial number
- 050305
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Rotax 912 SERIES · 80 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2005
- Transponder code
- A2F937 (octal 50574467)
Registration
- Status
- Registration pending, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- —
- Expires
- —
- Last FAA action
- July 28, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Operating light-sport previously certificated · August 27, 2018
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00199539
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Registration Pending
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 3974 Glen Park Dr
Lithonia, GA 30038-3694
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N291AF, 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.
Registration status is "Registration pending, pending cancellation". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 27, 2018, 13 years after the 2005 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 050305 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N291AF according to the deregistered file. [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 N291AF: Accident on July 30, 2016 at Frankfort, MI: 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: S C Aerostar S .A. FESTIVAL R40S · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in gusty crosswind conditions, which resulted in a runway excursion, a nose gear collapse, and impact with terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA16CA401 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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