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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Aerovodochody L-29 DELFIN
N3159Y is an Aerovodochody L-29 DELFIN, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turbojet engines, built in 1965. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Fantasy Fighters INC, a corporation in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 30, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated December 14, 2011.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerovodochody
- Model
- L-29 DELFIN · all L-29 DELFINs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Aerovodochody L-29 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
- 1238
- 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
- TurbojetFAA type of engine code 4 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Motorlet M-701C · 1960 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1965
- Transponder code
- A35D0E (octal 50656416)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 30, 2023
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- April 30, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · December 14, 2011
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00463602
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Fantasy Fighters INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 3662 Cerrillos Rd
Santa Fe, NM 87507-7249
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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 N3159Y links to the rest of the register
- Aerovodochody L-29 67 registered
- Aerovodochody 67 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Motorlet M-701C 31 aircraft with this engine series · 1960 hp
- Fantasy Fighters INC 4 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Santa Fe, NM 158 aircraft registered in this town
- Santa FE Regional · SAF
- New Mexico 3,108 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N3159Y, 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 Fantasy Fighters INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 30, 2023, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated December 14, 2011, 46 years after the 1965 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 1238 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N3159Y was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 182E (serial 18254159, cancelled date not given). 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 N3159Y: Accident on August 18, 1984 at Prineville, OR: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 182E · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data