N1169G2000 Sorensen Gary E LANCAIR ES
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Performance Aviation LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Fort Myers, FL
- Certificate issued
- Aug 2, 2016
- Expires
- Aug 31, 2029
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur Built
- Airworthiness date
- Jun 1, 2000
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Sorensen Gary E
- Model
- LANCAIR ES
- Year
- 2000
- Serial number
- ES-063-FB
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Not Type Certificated
- Seats
- 4
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A04617
Engine
- Make and model
- Ama/Expr Unknown Eng
- Type
- Reciprocating
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2016 – nowPerformance Aviation LLCFort Myers, FL · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
ADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (1)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Landing gear · landing gear · vibratesJun 7, 2005
SEVERE NOSE GEAR SHIMMY DURING LANDING. NOSE GEAR STRUT SERVICED WITH MIL-H-5606, REQUIRED 30-WT FORK OIL. NEXT FLT A SEVERE SHIMMY AGAIN. INSP REVEALED ENG MOUNT BROKEN 6 PLACES AS A RESULT. ENG MOUNT & NOSE GEAR STRUT REPLACED, ON NEXT FLT, A SEVERE NOSE GEAR SHIMMY ENCOUNTERED. INSP DISCLOSED…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026