Arion Aircraft Llc LIGHTNING LS-1
N897PR is an Arion Aircraft Llc LIGHTNING LS-1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2010. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Six Knot Entertainment LLC, an LLC in San Diego, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 10, 2026 and expires on July 31, 2033. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated May 14, 2010.
Where is it now Last seen yesterday at 4:11 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Arion Aircraft Llc
- Model
- LIGHTNING LS-1 · all LIGHTNING LS-1s 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 Arion Aircraft Llc LIGHTNING LS-1 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
- 96
- 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
- Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Jabiru 3300 · 120 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2010
- Transponder code
- AC60AA (octal 53060252)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 10, 2026
- Expires
- July 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- July 10, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Light sportFAA airworthiness class code 9 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · AirplaneFAA certificate purpose code A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 14, 2010
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01051293
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Six Knot Entertainment 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
- 4901 Morena Blvd Ste 209B
San Diego, CA 92117-3570
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N897PR links to the rest of the register
- Arion Aircraft Llc LIGHTNING LS-1 23 registered
- Arion Aircraft Llc 23 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Jabiru 3300 475 aircraft with this engine series · 120 hp
- Six Knot Entertainment LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- San Diego, CA 713 aircraft registered in this town
- Brown Field Municipal · SDM
- Montgomery-Gibbs Executive · MYF
- San Diego International · SAN
- California 27,897 aircraft registered
- Where N897PR is now · Last seen yesterday at 4:11 pm.
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The public federal record on N897PR, 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 Six Knot Entertainment LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 10, 2026, expires July 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Light sport certificate for airplane, dated May 14, 2010, consistent with the 2010 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 96 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N897PR 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 N897PR: Accident on November 14, 2025 at Bowling Green, KY: 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: Arion Aircraft LLC LIGHTNING LS-1 · operated under 091
The pilot's loss of directional control while landing in a strong quartering headwind, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with an airport sign.
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
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, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data