N2502Q2005 Lancair Company LC42-550FG
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19825 ADs may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Maxim Aviation LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Sugarloaf Key, FL
- Certificate issued
- Feb 27, 2021
- Expires
- Feb 29, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Utility
- Airworthiness date
- Aug 9, 2005
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
- Lancair Company
- Model
- LC42-550FG
- Year
- 2005
- Serial number
- 42076
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 4
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A25A2B
Engine
- Make and model
- Cont Motor Io-550 Series
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 300 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2021 – nowMaxim Aviation LLCSugarloaf Key, FL · current
- 1966 – 1967Cessna Aircraft CoWichita, KS · different airframe: Cessna 182k S/N 18257702
- until 1988Individual ownerdifferent airframe: Piper Pa-28-181 S/N 287790400
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 17, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (5)
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.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-03-04 | Cessna Aircraft Company (Type Certificate Previously Held by Columbia Aircraft… | Mar 14, 2011 | Airframe (LC42-550FG)Certain serial numbers: LC40-550FG 40001; LC40-550FG 40002; LC40-550FG 40004–40079; LC41-550FG 41001–41569; LC41-550FG 41571–41800; LC41-550FG 411001–411087; … |
| 2010-26-54 | Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) (Type Certificate A00003SE Previously Held by Columbia… | Jan 10, 2011 | Airframe (LC42-550FG)Certain serial numbers: LC41-550FG 41028; LC41-550FG 41705; LC41-550FG 411114; LC41-550FG 411160; LC41-550FG 411161; LC41-550FG 411162; … |
| 2009-16-03 | Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM) IO-520, TSIO-520, and IO-550 Series Reciprocating… | Sep 9, 2009 | Engine (IO-550 SERIES)Only with: SAP investment cast cylinder assemblies P/Ns SA52000-A1, SA52000-A20P, SA52000-A21P, SA52000-A22P, SA52000-A23P, SA55000-A1, or SA55000-A20P installed. |
| 2007-07-06 | Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing (Previously the Lancair Company) Models LC40-550FG… | Apr 9, 2007 | Airframe (LC42-550FG)Certain serial numbers: LC40-550FG 40001–40079; LC41-550FG 41001–on; LC42-550FG 42001–on |
| 2005-02-01 | The Lancair Company Models LC40-550FG and LC42-550FG Airplanes | Jan 21, 2005 | Airframe (LC42-550FG)Certain serial numbers: LC40-550FG 40004–40079; LC42-550FG 42002–42062 |
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.
- Reciprocating engine · baffle · chafedMay 5, 2009
ENGINE OIL FILLER / BREATHER ASSY PN 649404-2 WAS CHAFED BEYOND MFG LIMIT OF .010 INCH. OIL FILLER TUBE IS BEING CHAFED BY THE CYLINDER BAFFLE ASSY THAT FITS BETWEEN CYLINDER NR 2 AND CYLINDER NR 4. THE RELIEF CUT-OUT IN THE BAFFLE IS TOO NARROW WHICH CAUSES THE BAFFLE TO START CHAFING THROUGH THE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 17, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 17, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026