Quest Aircraft Company Llc KODIAK 100
N456SB is a Quest Aircraft Company Llc KODIAK 100, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 2016. It has 10 seats. It is registered to Surfbird Aviation I LLC, an LLC in Seattle, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 4, 2017 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 30, 2016. 4 documents are on file: 2 × loan release, loan or lien (security agreement), bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Quest Aircraft Company Llc
- Model
- KODIAK 100 · all KODIAK 100s and related versions
- Serial number
- 100-0196
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Turboprop, 1 motor · P&W Canada PT6A-34 · 750 hp
- Seats
- 10
- Year built
- 2016
- Transponder code
- A589F8 (octal 51304770)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 4, 2017
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · November 30, 2016
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 01230602
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Surfbird Aviation I LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 1910 Fairview Ave E Ste 500
Seattle, WA 98102-3698
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Documents on file 4
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N456SB, 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 Surfbird Aviation I LLC, an LLC, certificate issued January 4, 2017, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated November 30, 2016, consistent with the 2016 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 100-0196 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N456SB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bacon Stanley A TAYLOR-MONOPLANE (serial 1, cancelled December 3, 1997). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
1 loan or lien document received by the registry recently (September 3, 2026), and 2 releases. The full title and lien picture is in the FAA aircraft records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N456SB: Accident on July 6, 2021 at Roche Harbor, WA: no 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: Quest Aircraft Company LLC KODIAK 100 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain bank control during the landing roll which resulted in the right wing impacting the water’s surface.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR21LA367 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