N2511G2005 Lancair Company LC41-550FG
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19823 ADs may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Van Bortel Aircraft INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Arlington, TX
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Utility
- Airworthiness date
- Jul 27, 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
- LC41-550FG
- Year
- 2005
- Serial number
- 41101
- 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
- A25DB7
Engine
- Make and model
- Cont Motor Tsio-550 Ser
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 280 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- until nowVan Bortel Aircraft INCArlington, TX · current
- 1967 – 1968Individual ownerBirmingham, AL · different airframe: Cessna 182b S/N 51811
- until 1989Individual ownerdifferent airframe: Piper Pa-38-112 S/N 3879a0548
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.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (3)
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 (LC41-550FG)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 (LC41-550FG)Certain serial numbers: LC41-550FG 41028; LC41-550FG 41705; LC41-550FG 411114; LC41-550FG 411160; LC41-550FG 411161; LC41-550FG 411162; … |
| 2007-07-06 | Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing (Previously the Lancair Company) Models LC40-550FG… | Apr 9, 2007 | Airframe (LC41-550FG)Certain serial numbers: LC40-550FG 40001–40079; LC41-550FG 41001–on; LC42-550FG 42001–on |
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.
- Electrical power · shaft · shearedApr 20, 2012
PILOT REPORTED LOSS OF RIGHT HAND ALTERNATOR ON FINAL APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT. DURING TAXI OPERATIONS TO THE RAMP THE PILOT REPORTED HEARING A "NOISE" FROM THE FRONT OF THE ACFT. UPON REMOVAL OF THE ALTERNATOR FROM THE ENGINE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ALTERNATOR SHAFT HAD SHEARED OFF FLUSH WITH…
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