{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-07-28","city":"HORSESHOE BAY","country_code":"US","county_code":"031","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2033-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"turboprops","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-07-28","maker":"Pilatus Aircraft Ltd","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7090553","mode_s_code":"51200245","mode_s_hex":"A500A5","model":"PC-12/47E","n_number":"N421PK","name":"LIGHTNING LEASING LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Diboll","damage":"SUBS","date":"2015-04-17","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"CEN15LA199","probable_cause":"The total loss of engine power due to the use of an improper fuel type. Contributing to the accident were the servicing of the airplane with the improper fuel, noncompliance with an airworthiness directive, and the fuel nozzle installed on the fueling truck.","registration":"N421PK","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on April 17, 2015 at Diboll, TX: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N421PK is a Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/47E, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines. It has 11 seats. It is registered to Lightning Leasing LLC, an LLC in Horseshoe Bay, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 28, 2026 and expires on July 31, 2033. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Lightning Leasing LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 28, 2026, expires July 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2400 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N421PK was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 421B (serial 421B0830, cancelled February 3, 2017). 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":"1 NTSB record under N421PK: Accident on April 17, 2015 at Diboll, TX: serious injuries, substantial damage. 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":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":11,"serial_number":"2400","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"120 PLAZA ESCONDIDO","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Turboprop","type_engine_code":"2","unique_id":"01569751","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N421PK","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"786572274"}