{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2010-07-26","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-02-27","city":"GRAND PRAIRIE","country_code":"US","county_code":"113","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"34801","engine_horsepower":120,"engine_maker":"JABIRU","engine_model":"3300","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2032-02-29","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"ARION AIRCRAFT LLC","kit_model":"LIGHTNING","last_action_date":"2025-02-27","maker":"Sport Plane Dynamics Llc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SPORT PLANE DYNAMICS LLC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056262L","mode_s_code":"50054143","mode_s_hex":"A05863","model":"LIGHTNING","n_number":"N121L","name":"WHEELER PHILIP G","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Casa Grande","damage":"SUBS","date":"2012-10-24","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR13CA028","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to follow specified procedures for an aborted landing and loss of control during the attempt.","registration":"N121L","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on October 24, 2012 at Casa Grande, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Glendale","damage":"SUBS","date":"2010-09-22","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"WPR10CA467","probable_cause":"The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a bounced landing and loss of directional control.","registration":"N121L","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on September 22, 2010 at Glendale, AZ: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"ATLANTIC OCEAN","damage":"SUBS","date":"1992-01-13","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"MIA92LA061","probable_cause":"LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO UNDETERMINED REASONS.","registration":"N121L","state":"AO","summary":"Accident on January 13, 1992 at Atlantic Ocean, AO: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N121L is a Sport Plane Dynamics Llc LIGHTNING, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2010. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Grand Prairie, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 27, 2025 and expires on February 29, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 26, 2010.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Wheeler Philip G, an individual, certificate issued February 27, 2025, expires February 29, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated July 26, 2010, consistent with the 2010 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 45 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N121L was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-31 (serial 317512005, cancelled September 2, 1994); Cessna 172G (serial 17254798, cancelled March 5, 1992). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"3 NTSB records under N121L: Accident on October 24, 2012 at Casa Grande, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 22, 2010 at Glendale, AZ: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on January 13, 1992 at Atlantic Ocean, AO: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"45","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"3140 SPYGLASS DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"01007562","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N121L","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2010,"zip":"750527509"}