Cirrus Design Corp SR22T
N39VF is a Cirrus Design Corp SR22T, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2020. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Light Source INC, a corporation in Charlotte, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 12, 2024 and expires on July 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 19, 2020.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cirrus Design Corp
- Model
- SR22T · all SR22Ts 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. With a whole-airframe parachute. This is how the Cirrus SR22 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
- 2231
- 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-K · 315 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 5
- Year built
- 2020
- Transponder code
- A48251 (octal 51101121)
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 12, 2024
- Expires
- July 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- October 23, 2024
- 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 19, 2020
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01328152
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Light Source 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
- 3935 Westinghouse Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28273-4517
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N39VF links to the rest of the register
- Cirrus SR22 7,112 registered
- Cirrus Design Corp 9,519 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental TSIO-550-K 2,819 aircraft with this engine series · 315 hp
- Light Source INC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Charlotte, NC 340 aircraft registered in this town
- Charlotte/Douglas International · CLT
- North Carolina 7,120 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cirrus SR22 20 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cirrus SR22 508 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cirrus SR22 155 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Continental TSIO-550-K 16 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental TSIO-550-K 60 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N39VF, 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 Light Source INC, a corporation, certificate issued July 12, 2024, expires July 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated December 19, 2020, consistent with the 2020 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2231 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N39VF 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 N39VF: Accident on April 23, 2026 at Chanute, KS: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cirrus Design CORP SR22T · operated under 091
On April 23, 2026, at about 1445 central daylight time, a Cirrus SR22T was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Chanute, Kansas. The pilot and pilot-rated passenger sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 business flight. The airplane was enroute to Sikeston, Missouri, (SIK) when the engine made a loud “banging” noise. The pilot tried to divert to Chanute Martin Johnson Airport, CNU, but was unable to reach the airport. The engine lost all power, so the pilot declared an emergency with Air Traffic Control, …
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 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 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data