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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Skys Open Sport Aviation Llc LIGHTNING
N481SL is a Skys Open Sport Aviation Llc LIGHTNING, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2011. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Carson City, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 30, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 26, 2011.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Skys Open Sport Aviation Llc
- Model
- LIGHTNING
- Serial number
- 121
- 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 · Jabiru 3300 · 120 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2011
- Kit
- ARION AIRCRAFT LLC LIGHTNING
- Transponder code
- A5EDEB (octal 51366753)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 30, 2025
- Expires
- October 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- October 30, 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 · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 26, 2011
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01068070
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Henry David C
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2438 N Carson St
Carson City, NV 89706-1623
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N481SL links to the rest of the register
- Skys Open Sport Aviation Llc 1 aircraft on the register
- Jabiru 3300 475 aircraft with this engine series · 120 hp
- Carson City, NV 967 aircraft registered in this town
- Carson City Airport · CXP
- Nevada 4,591 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N481SL.json.
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The public federal record on N481SL, 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 Henry David C, an individual, certificate issued October 30, 2025, expires October 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated May 26, 2011, consistent with the 2011 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 121 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N481SL 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 N481SL: Accident on August 24, 2016 at St. Augustine, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Arion Skys Open Sport Aviation LIGHTNING · operated under 091
The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
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