- Registered owner
- Jones Gary R
- Location
- Albany, NY
- Owner type
- Individual
- Serial number
- 392
- Type
- Glider
- Engine
- Reciprocating
- Airworthiness
- Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date
- February 7, 2012
- Certificate issued
- August 6, 2026
- Expires
- August 31, 2033
- Mode S code
- A4AA89
- Kit
- Pipistrel USA SINUS
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. The registry lists only the engine series, so ADs for every Rotax 912ULS model are included below.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 0
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
No ADs matched this aircraft’s modelsADs on appliances, propellers and installed equipment aren’t matched by model; check those separately.
Information bulletins that may apply
Advisory, not mandatory.
No bulletins matched this aircraft’s models
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N40CQMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Purple Honker SINUS SRO aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N40CQMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model. Reports from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Reports on Purple Honker SINUS SRO aircraft
Reports on N40CQ not matched to an aircraft · 2
They name N40CQ, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.
Incident 19980317009119ISaab SF340A · Champaign-Urban, ILNarrative: left engine tail pipe hot light illuminated during climb out from cmi. Crew shut down left engine, declared emergency and returned to cmi. Maintenance re-racked the w.e.u. (warning electronics unit) system functional checked normal. This incident…Incident 19971228041109ISaab SF340A · Syracuse, NYCompressor stall left engine on liftoff. Returned. Replaced hydro mechanical unit left engine.
Service difficulty reports
No reports matched to N40CQGeneral aviation reporting is voluntary. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Reports on Purple Honker SINUS SRO aircraft
Reports on N40CQ not matched to an aircraft · 2
They name N40CQ, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.
SDR CHQA20000038Clamp · disconnectedFLIGHT CREW REPORTED THE LEFT ENGINE ITT INDICATION OVERTEMPED ON TAKEOFF. THE CREW REDUCED POWER AND RETURNED TO THE FIELD. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE ENGINE AND FOUND THE CLAMP SECURING THE HP BLEED LINE HAD BECOME DISCONNECTED. THE CLAMP WAS RE-CONNECTED,SDR CHQA20000001O-Ring · brokenFLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT THE LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED AND OIL CAPTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER TAKEOFF. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND RETURNED TO THE FIELD. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THE O-RING ON THE OIL FLAPPER VALVE IN THE OIL SER
STCs that may be installed
No STCs matched this aircraft’s modelsSTCs change type-certificated designs, and this aircraft isn’t type certificated.
Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 1
This aircraft carried N40CQ before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.