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N417BW

Kite Sam LIGHTNING

Valid Tennessee

N417BW is a Kite Sam LIGHTNING, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Telford Aircraft LLC, an LLC in Telford, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on and expires on . It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 9, 2012.

Aircraft

Maker
Kite Sam
Model
LIGHTNING
Serial number
140
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Jabiru 3300 · 120 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Kit
ARION AIRCRAFT LLC LIGHTNING
Transponder code
A4EE4F (octal 51167117)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
—
Expires
—
Last FAA action
August 7, 2025
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · March 9, 2012
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
01082847

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Telford Aircraft LLC
Type
LLC
Address
1430 Barkley Rd
Telford, TN 37690-2236

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data