Aerovodochody L-29 DELFIN
N9196N is an Aerovodochody L-29 DELFIN, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turbojet engines, built in 1965. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Vipers Of Delaware INC, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 2, 2019 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated July 18, 2002.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerovodochody
- Model
- L-29 DELFIN · all L-29 DELFINs and related versions
- Serial number
- 591330
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Turbojet, 1 motor · Motorlet M-701C · 1960 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1965
- Transponder code
- ACBB51 (octal 53135521)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 2, 2019
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 25, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Racing; Exhibition · July 18, 2002
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00085671
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Vipers Of Delaware INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 501 Silverside Rd Ste 62
Wilmington, DE 19809-1394
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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
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N9196N, 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 Vipers Of Delaware INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 2, 2019, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 18, 2002, 37 years after the 1965 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 591330 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N9196N was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Aero Commander 685 (serial 12019, cancelled July 17, 1992). 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 N9196N: Accident on November 24, 1991 at Brainerd, MN: serious 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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aero Commander 685 · operated under 091
AN ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO A SEIZED FUEL PUMP ROTOR SHAFT.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI92LA034 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data