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N55016

Pegasus Aviation PEGASUS QUANTUM 912

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesIllinois

N55016 is a Pegasus Aviation PEGASUS QUANTUM 912, a weight-shift aircraft with a four-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Cherry Valley, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 24, 2019 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated January 9, 2006.

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Aircraft

Maker
Pegasus Aviation
Model
PEGASUS QUANTUM 912
Serial number
7912
Type
Weight-shift controlFAA type of aircraft code 7 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 912 · 80 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A70205 (octal 51601005)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
April 24, 2019
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
July 28, 2023
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 · Registered before Jan 31, 2008FAA certificate purpose code 8A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · January 9, 2006
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00406979

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Koets Darwin A
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
4153 Wheeler Rd
Cherry Valley, IL 61016-9542

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N55016 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Rotax 912 241 aircraft with this engine series · 80 hp
Place
  • Cherry Valley, IL 9 aircraft registered in this town
  • Illinois 8,055 aircraft registered

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Records check free · 0 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N55016, 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 Koets Darwin A, an individual, certificate issued April 24, 2019, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7912 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N55016 according to the deregistered file. [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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N55016. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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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 September 30, 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