N5142U is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Main Air RAPIER built in 2000. The FAA cancelled the registration on January 18, 2019. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Main Air RAPIER cancelled January 18, 2019
- Serial number
- 0101
- Type
- Weight-shift control · Two-cycle piston
- Year built
- 2000
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- September 4, 2012
- Last FAA action
- April 11, 2015
- Last owner
- Strassburg Rodney D (Individual)
Walkertown, NC - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Registered before Jan 31, 2008
Cessna 206 cancelled August 4, 1992
- Serial number
- 2060142
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- January 19, 1983
- Last FAA action
- June 25, 1992
- Last owner
- Borges Gene V (Individual)
Marina Del Rey, CA - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N5142U
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Main Air RAPIER · serial 0101
The student pilot landed with variable wind conditions, which resulted in an in-flight loss of control and subsequent impact with terrain.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site