Accident · substantial damage
Sep 26, 2001 · Faribault, MNThe failure of the landing gear shock strut.
- Damage
- Substantial
- Injuries
- None
- Report
- CHI01LA330
From NTSB records; matched by serial number.Read NTSB report (search CAROL for CHI01LA330)
N273B1959 Colonial C-2
Registration validUnclaimedSource: FAA, updated Oct 17, 2026
Safety record in brief:1 NTSB accident (substantial damage, Sep 2001)No ADs since 1998 matched
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Co-owners
- City, state
- Faribault, MN
- Certificate issued
- Sep 1, 1999
- Expires
- Apr 30, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard
- Airworthiness date
- Mar 9, 1959
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
- Colonial
- Model
- C-2
- Year
- 1959
- Serial number
- 131
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Amphibian
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 4
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A2B1BA
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming O&Vo-360 Ser
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 180 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 1999 – nowCo-ownersFaribault, MN · current
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 (1)
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 (0)
No Service Difficulty Reports found for this airframe since 1995.
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