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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 29, 2026Kestrelx Llc RISEN SV
N81KX is a Kestrelx Llc RISEN SV, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2026. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Kestrelx LLC, an LLC in Lake Mary, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 29, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated February 14, 2026.
Where is it now Last seen October 12 at 9:51 am.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Kestrelx Llc
- Model
- RISEN SV · all RISEN SVs 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 Kestrelx Llc RISEN SV 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
- 56
- 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 · Rotax 912 IS · 100 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2026
- Kit
- PORTO AVIATION GROUP S R L RISEN SV
- Transponder code
- AB07FA (octal 52603772)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 29, 2025
- Expires
- May 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- May 29, 2025
- 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 · February 14, 2026
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01498873
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Kestrelx 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
- 7131 Business Park Ln
Lake Mary, FL 32746-5615
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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 N81KX links to the rest of the register
- Kestrelx Llc RISEN SV 10 registered
- Kestrelx Llc 12 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rotax 912 IS 876 aircraft with this engine series · 100 hp
- Kestrelx LLC 14 aircraft in the fleet
- Lake Mary, FL 47 aircraft registered in this town
- Florida 21,709 aircraft registered
- Where N81KX is now · Last seen October 12 at 9:51 am.
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The public federal record on N81KX, 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 Kestrelx LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 29, 2025, expires May 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition, dated February 14, 2026, consistent with the 2026 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 56 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N81KX was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Jauch Kenneth E COOT-AMPHIBIAN (serial TT81, cancelled July 19, 1994). 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]
2 NTSB records under N81KX: Accident on May 21, 1987 at Franklin Grove, IL: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on August 26, 1985 at Mendota, IL: minor injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Jauch COOT · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Jauch COOT/AMPHIB · operated under 091
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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data