# N140SL: Stratolaunch TALON-A

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Stratolaunch TALON-A](https://openairdocs.org/model/stratolaunch-talon-a) (registry code 06102EZ)
- Serial number: 002
- Type: Glider
- Engine type: None
- Certificate issued: April 10, 2023
- Expires: April 30, 2030
- Mode S code: A0A44B
- Registered owner: [Stratolaunch LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/STRATOLAUNCH%20LLC)
- Location: [Mojave, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Mojave)
- Owner type: LLC
- Owner's area on the map: 37.3061° N, 120.6560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 95301, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=140SL
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N140SL

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Stratolaunch TALON-A)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N140SL.

## NTSB investigations on N140SL not matched to an aircraft (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN11IA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11IA108), Dec 13, 2010: Piaggio P180 (N140SL), Columbus, OH, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The failure of water to properly drain through the fuselage drain holes, thus becoming trapped and freezing around the flight control cables, which resulted in the loss of control authority to the…

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N140SL.

## Reports on N140SL not matched to an aircraft (1)

They name N140SL, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [Incident 20110722017209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110722017209I), Jul 22, 2011: Piaggio P180 (N140SL), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. At approximately 1500 on July 22,2011, aircraft N140SL, a Piaggio P180 aircraft was executing a routine landing on runway 30 left at the San Jose International…

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## Service difficulty reports on N140SL not matched to an aircraft (4)

They name N140SL, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [SDR 2011FA0000205](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2011FA0000205), Mar 25, 2011: AUTOFEATHER SYS. MALFUNCTIONED. LEFT AUTOFEATHER CYCLES IN AND OUT DURING DECENT, AUTOFEATHER HAD TO BE TURNED OFF. AFTER LANDING, LT FEATHERED AT 24 PERCENT, RT FEATHERED AT 20 PERCENT.
- [SDR 2010FA0001246](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010FA0001246), Dec 14, 2010: FLT CONTROLS. FROZEN. CONTROLS FROZEN ON SHORT FINAL, THEN UN -FROZE, LANDED WITHOUT INCEDENT.
- [SDR 2010FA0001195](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010FA0001195), Nov 22, 2010: PROPELLER. MALFUNCTIONED. UNCOMMANDED AUTOFEATHER ON APPROACH.
- [SDR 2010FA0001167](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010FA0001167), Nov 8, 2010: PROPELLER. MALFUNCTIONED. UNCOMMANDED AUTOFEATHER.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Related

- Other Stratolaunch TALON-A aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/stratolaunch-talon-a/aircraft.md

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