N401ST2006 Columbia Aircraft Mfg 400
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
- Mercer Skylink LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Bluefield, WV
- Certificate issued
- Feb 8, 2017
- Expires
- Feb 28, 2027
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Utility
- Airworthiness date
- Apr 27, 2009
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
- Columbia Aircraft Mfg
- Model
- 400
- Year
- 2006
- Serial number
- 41624
- 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
- A4B1FA
Engine
- Make and model
- Cont Motor Tsio-550-C
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 310 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2017 – nowMercer Skylink LLCBluefield, WV · 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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-16 | Reciprocating Engine Power Section | Mar 15, 2023 | Engine (TSIO-550-C) |
| 2020-16-11 | Reciprocating Cylinder Section | Sep 21, 2020 | Engine (TSIO-550-C)Only with: Engines originally manufactured, rebuilt, or modified with a cross-flow cylinder assembly replacement on or after November 1, 2014, with cross-flow cylinder assembly P/N 658538, 658540, 658542, 658591, 658595, 658613, 658624, 658539, 658541, 658590, 658594, 658603, 658623, or 658630 installed. |
| 2016-21-04 | Continental Motors, Inc. Reciprocating Engines | Nov 18, 2016 | Engine (TSIO-550-C)Certain serial numbers: …–1012296. Only with: Engine serial number below 1012296 with oil cooler cross fitting P/N AN918-1J or AN918-2J installed. |
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.
- Starting · adapter · misoverhauledAug 1, 2019
NEWLY OVERHAULED STARTER ADAPTER WAS INSTALLED ON ENGINE. AFTER RE-ASSEMBLING REAR OF ENGINE WITH NEW ADAPTER, STARTER AND ALTERNATOR, THE ADAPTER WAS PRIMED WITH OIL FOR INITIAL ENGINE MOTORING. STARTER ADAPTER WOULD NOT CREATE THE PROPER SUCTION TO SCAVENGE THE OIL FROM BOTH TURBOCHARGER…
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