Simpson Laurence Ray AMPHIBEOUS TRIKE
N440LS is a Simpson Laurence Ray AMPHIBEOUS TRIKE, a weight-shift aircraft with a two-stroke engine, built in 2008. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Rainier, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 4, 2010 and expires on April 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 6, 2008.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Simpson Laurence Ray
- Model
- AMPHIBEOUS TRIKE
- Serial number
- H20041
- Type
- Weight-shift control
- Power
- Two-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 582UL · 65 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2008
- Transponder code
- A54BA8 (octal 51245650)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 4, 2010
- Expires
- April 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · September 6, 2008
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 01013871
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gates Larry J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 535
Rainier, OR 97048-0535
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No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N440LS, 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 Gates Larry J, an individual, certificate issued May 4, 2010, expires April 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated September 6, 2008, consistent with the 2008 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial H20041 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N440LS 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]
2 NTSB records under N440LS: Accident on January 25, 2014 at Chehalis, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 23, 2008 at Lake Chelan, WA: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Simpson Amphibeous Trike/No · operated under 091
The failure of the left wing prong.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR14LA104 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Simpson Amphibious Trike · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the initial climb, which resulted in an inadvertent aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of experience in the float-equipped, weight-shift airplane.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA08LA207 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data