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Grob-Werke G 120A
N865AF is a Grob-Werke G 120A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2002. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Lufthansa Aviation Training USA INC, a non-citizen corporation in Goodyear, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 3, 2026 and expires on June 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility; acrobatic, dated March 28, 2002.
Where is it now Last seen yesterday at 2:23 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Grob-Werke
- Model
- G 120A
- Serial number
- 85005
- 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-540 SER · 260 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2002
- Transponder code
- ABE170 (octal 52760560)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 3, 2026
- Expires
- June 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- June 3, 2026
- 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 · Utility; AcrobaticFAA certificate purpose code UA (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 28, 2002
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00024147
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Lufthansa Aviation Training USA INC (flight school: its whole fleet and safety record)
- Type
- Non-citizen corporationFAA type of owner code 8 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 1658 S Litchfield Rd Bldg 104
Goodyear, AZ 85338-1509
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N865AF links to the rest of the register
- Grob-Werke 9 aircraft on the register
- Lycoming AEIO-540 series 434 aircraft with this engine series · 260 hp
- Lufthansa Aviation Training USA INC 29 aircraft in the fleet
- Goodyear, AZ 180 aircraft registered in this town
- Phoenix Goodyear Airport · GYR
- Arizona 8,431 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming AEIO-540 series 29 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming AEIO-540 series 150 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Pump, worn · 2006-10-30
- Report filed on this aircraft: Shaft, broken · 2006-09-26
- Report filed on this aircraft: Blower Motor, worn · 2006-02-27
- Where N865AF is now · Last seen yesterday at 2:23 pm.
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The public federal record on N865AF, 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 Lufthansa Aviation Training USA INC, a non-citizen corporation, certificate issued June 3, 2026, expires June 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for utility; acrobatic, dated March 28, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 85005 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N865AF 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 N865AF: Accident on August 24, 2010 at Buckeye, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. 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.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grob-Werke G 120A · operated under 091
The student pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data