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N439EP

Pope Phil LIGHTNING

Valid Alabama

N439EP is a Pope Phil LIGHTNING, a weight-shift aircraft with a two-stroke engine, built in 2010. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fayette, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 13, 2012 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 26, 2011.

Aircraft

Maker
Pope Phil
Model
LIGHTNING
Serial number
TTS 040
Type
Weight-shift control
Power
Two-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 503 DCDI · 52 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2010
Transponder code
A544FF (octal 51242377)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 13, 2012
Expires
November 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 23, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · March 26, 2011
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
01067141

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Nolen Charles W
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 298
Fayette, AL 35555-0298

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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