Game Composites Llc GB1 GAMEBIRD
N786AE is a Game Composites Llc GB1 GAMEBIRD, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2021. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Gamebird West LLC, an LLC in Kalispell, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 25, 2022 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for acrobatic, dated April 21, 2021.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Game Composites Llc
- Model
- GB1 GAMEBIRD · all GB1 GAMEBIRDs and related versions
- Built of
- compositeThe airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. This is how the Game Composites Llc GB1 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
- 0030
- 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
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming AEIO-580-B1A · 315 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2021
- Transponder code
- AAA6D5 (octal 52523325)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 25, 2022
- Expires
- February 28, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · AcrobaticFAA certificate purpose code A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 21, 2021
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01300045
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gamebird West 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
- 1001 S Main St Ste 49
Kalispell, MT 59901-5635
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N786AE links to the rest of the register
- Game Composites Llc GB1 104 registered
- Game Composites Llc 104 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming AEIO-580-B1A 253 aircraft with this engine series · 315 hp
- Gamebird West LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · expired
- Kalispell, MT 1,279 aircraft registered in this town
- Glacier Park International · GPI
- Kalispell City Airport · S27
- Montana 6,037 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the Game Composites Llc GB1 1 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming AEIO-580-B1A 8 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N786AE, 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 Gamebird West LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 25, 2022, expires February 28, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for acrobatic, dated April 21, 2021, consistent with the 2021 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0030 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N786AE was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: American Eurocopter Corp MBB-BK 117 C-2 (serial 9551, cancelled March 18, 2013). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N786AE: Accident on July 4, 2024 at Irwin, ID: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Game Composites LLC GB1 GAMEBIRD · operated under 091
The pilot’s decision to perform a spin maneuver at an altitude that was insufficient to complete a successful recovery and subsequent failure to properly arrest the spin, which resulted in a secondary stall and an impact with terrain.
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