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N6196L

Great Lakes 2T-1A-2

Valid Texas

N6196L is a Great Lakes 2T-1A-2, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1976. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Kingwood, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 25, 2004 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for acrobatic, dated January 15, 1976. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).

Aircraft

Maker
Great Lakes
Model
2T-1A-2 · all 2T-1A-2s and related versions
Serial number
0723
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1976
Cruising speed
78 mph
Transponder code
A81362 (octal 52011542)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 25, 2004
Expires
March 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Acrobatic · January 15, 1976
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00071506

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Fiala Frederick P
Type
Individual
Address
23200 Forest North Dr Apt 207
Kingwood, TX 77339-2090

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Documents on file 1

2026-09-18Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

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The public federal record on N6196L, 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 Fiala Frederick P, an individual, certificate issued August 25, 2004, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for acrobatic, dated January 15, 1976, consistent with the 1976 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0723 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N6196L according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 18, 2026). [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N6196L: Accident on February 26, 2011 at Kingsville, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

CEN11LA209Accident on February 26, 2011 at Kingsville, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 · operated under 091

A pre-existing crack in the front spar of the right horizontal stabilizer near a riveted fitting, causing it to fail and separate from the airplane in flight. Contributing to the accident was the failure of maintenance personnel comply with existing service bulletins and to detect and repair the damaged spar.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN11LA209 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data