# N55495: 1996 Sport Flight TALON MAGNUM

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Sport Flight TALON MAGNUM](https://openairdocs.org/model/sport-flight-talon-magnum) (registry code 059034Y, 1 seats)
- Engine: [Rotax 532](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-532) (registry code 55579)
- Serial number: 9607
- Year built: 1996
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: 2 cycle
- Airworthiness: Experimental, operating light-sport, previously under 21.190
- Airworthiness date: March 10, 2010
- Certificate issued: February 18, 2025
- Expires: February 29, 2032
- Mode S code: A711F8
- Registered owner: [Thompson Todd Kevin](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/THOMPSON%20TODD%20KEVIN)
- Location: [Dayton, OR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OR/Dayton)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 45.1879° N, 123.0766° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 97114, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=55495
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55495

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 (Sport Flight TALON MAGNUM)

None in force.

### Matched by engine (Rotax 532)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N55495.

## NTSB investigations on N55495 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 NYC84FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA085), Jan 29, 1984: Piper PA-28R-200 (N55495), Templeton, MA, destroyed, 4 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N55495.

## Reports on N55495 not matched to an aircraft (2)

They name N55495, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [Accident 19840128003459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840128003459A), Jan 28, 1984: Piper PA28R200 (N55495), Templeton, MA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Aircraft crashed while circling airport in apparent preperation to land.
- [Incident 19831112070909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831112070909I), Nov 12, 1983: Piper PA28R200 (N55495), Mansfield, MA, Minor damage. Nose and right main gear collapsed while practicing emergency manual gear extension landings. Gear not locked down.

## 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.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N55495

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N55495 before.

- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55495-undated): Piper PA-28R-200, S/N 28R7335244. Triennial form not returned

## Related

- Other Sport Flight TALON MAGNUM aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/sport-flight-talon-magnum/aircraft.md
- The Rotax 532 engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-532.md

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