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N415EA, a Pipistrel TAURUS ELECTRO 135
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N415EA

Pipistrel TAURUS ELECTRO 135

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesElectric airplaneElectricKansas

N415EA is a Pipistrel TAURUS ELECTRO 135, a glider powered by electric motors, built in 2025. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Elemental Aviation Lc, an LLC in Wichita, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on and expires on . It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated September 29, 2025.

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Aircraft

Maker
Pipistrel (Slovenia)
FAA spelling: PIPISTREL D O O
Model
TAURUS ELECTRO 135
Serial number
TEX13500190
Type
GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
ElectricFAA type of engine code 10 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Pipistrel ELECTRO 40/30 · 54 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2025
Transponder code
A4E718 (octal 51163430)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
—
Expires
—
Last FAA action
September 24, 2025
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 · September 29, 2025
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01522682

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Elemental Aviation Lc
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
555 N Woodlawn St Ste 208 Bldg 1
Wichita, KS 67208-3672

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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

2001-07-03Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N415EA links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
  • Elemental Aviation Lc 17 aircraft in the fleet
  • Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to August 14, 2027
Place

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The public federal record on N415EA, 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 Elemental Aviation Lc, an LLC, certificate issued , expires date not given. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for exhibition, dated September 29, 2025, consistent with the 2025 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial TEX13500190 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N415EA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51 (serial 47749, cancelled July 3, 2001). 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 N415EA: Incident on June 22, 1990 at Atlanta, GA: no injuries, minor damage. 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

ATL90IA136Incident on June 22, 1990 at Atlanta, GA: no injuries, minor damage.serial on NTSB record: 47749

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Douglas DC-9-51 · operated under 121

INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE WHICH RESULTED IN OPERATION OF THE TIRE WHILE UNDER INFLATED AND ITS SUBSEQUENT FAILURE. A FACTOR IN THE INCIDENT WAS THE INADEQUATE QUALITY CONTROL BY THE TIRE RECAPPING FACILITY WHICH FAILED TO REPAIR A PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED TIRE DEFECT.

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 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data