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N859TA

Lockheed Martin F-16A

Valid Arizona

N859TA is a Lockheed Martin F-16A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turbofan engines, built in 1978. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Top Aces CORP, a non-citizen corporation in Mesa, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 5, 2022 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for crew training, dated August 27, 2025.

Aircraft

Maker
Lockheed Martin
Model
F-16A
Serial number
78-0315
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Turbofan, 1 motor · P & W F100-PW200 · 23,770 lb thrust
Seats
1
Year built
1978
Transponder code
ABCA71 (octal 52745161)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 5, 2022
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
July 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Crew training · August 27, 2025
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01363119

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Top Aces CORP
Type
Non-citizen corporation
Address
7852 East Velocity Way
Mesa, AZ 85212

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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