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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Quicksilver SPORT II
N728NN is a Quicksilver SPORT II, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine, built in 1989. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Jennings, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 5, 2023 and expires on August 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated September 22, 2007.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Quicksilver
- Model
- SPORT II · all SPORT IIs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminium tube and fabricAn ultralight-style airframe: bolted aluminium tubing under sailcloth or fabric, the construction of weight-shift trikes and the lightest two-seaters. An ultralight-style airframe: bolted aluminium tubing under sailcloth. This is how the Quicksilver SPORT II 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
- 548
- 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
- Two-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 7 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 503 SERIES · 52 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1989
- Transponder code
- A9C27D (octal 52341175)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 5, 2023
- Expires
- August 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- August 5, 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 · September 22, 2007
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00355159
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bordelon John J
- 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
- 2140 e Academy Ave
Jennings, LA 70546-5002
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N728NN links to the rest of the register
- Quicksilver SPORT II 7 registered
- Quicksilver 138 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rotax 503 series 449 aircraft with this engine series · 52 hp
- Jennings, LA 46 aircraft registered in this town
- Jennings Airport · 3R7
- Louisiana 3,733 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N728NN, 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 Bordelon John J, an individual, certificate issued August 5, 2023, expires August 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 22, 2007, 18 years after the 1989 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 548 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N728NN according to the deregistered file. [2]
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]
1 NTSB record under N728NN: Accident on September 26, 2023 at Welsh, LA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Quicksilver SPORT II · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient altitude from obstacles during the simulated landing approach which led to a collision with a fence and a building.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data