N59JL is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Mathias Linda B LIGHTNING built in 2007. The FAA cancelled the registration on February 28, 2020. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Mathias Linda B LIGHTNING cancelled February 28, 2020
- Serial number
- 20
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- 2007
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- November 4, 2013
- Last FAA action
- September 14, 2016
- Last owner
- Mathias Linda B Trustee (Co-owned)
Norfolk, VA - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built
NTSB accident and incident record under N59JL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mathias Linda B LIGHTNING · serial 20
A partial loss of engine power due to pre-ignition damage to the No. 2 cylinder piston and the pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack while maneuvering in the airport traffic pattern, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
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