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Aero Vodochody L39C
N626SF is an Aero Vodochody L39C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turbofan engines, built in 1985. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Pratt Group Leasing LLC, an LLC in Niles, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 13, 2026 and expires on October 31, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated April 10, 2026. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Aero Vodochody
- Model
- L39C · all L39Cs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Aero Vodochody L-39 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 533621
- 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
- TurbofanFAA type of engine code 5 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Ivchenko AI-25TL · 3,792 lb thrust
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1985
- Transponder code
- A82E1D (octal 52027035)
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 13, 2026
- Expires
- October 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- October 13, 2026
- 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 · ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 10, 2026
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00493715
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Pratt Group Leasing LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2352 Bond St
Niles, MI 49120-4046
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 1
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N626SF links to the rest of the register
- Aero Vodochody L-39 198 registered
- Aero Vodochody 218 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Ivchenko AI-25TL 78 aircraft with this engine series · 3,792 lb thrust
- Pratt Group Leasing LLC 4 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Niles, MI 31 aircraft registered in this town
- Jerry Tyler Memorial · 3TR
- Michigan 7,225 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N626SF.json.
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The public federal record on N626SF, 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 Pratt Group Leasing LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 13, 2026, expires October 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 10, 2026, 41 years after the 1985 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 533621 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N626SF was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bell OH-58C (serial 68-16718, cancelled March 14, 2001). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (August 17, 2026). [3]
1 NTSB record under N626SF: Accident on August 19, 2000 at Watertown, WI: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell OH-58C · operated under 091
The spatial disorientation by the pilot during continued flight into instrument conditions and the inadequate surveillance by the operator. The inoperative attitude indicator and night conditions were contributing factors.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data