# N901NL: 1980 Aero Vodochody L39C, registration cancelled 2002-12-03

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 3, 2002
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Aero Vodochody L39C](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-vodochody-l39c) (registry code 05620RN)
- Engine: [Ivchenko AL-25SERIES](https://openairdocs.org/engine/ivchenko-al-25series) (registry code 34702)
- Serial number: 031804
- Year built: 1980
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Turbo-fan
- Airworthiness: Experimental, exhibition
- Airworthiness date: September 29, 2000
- Certificate issued: April 5, 1999
- Last registry action: September 17, 2002
- Mode S code: AC741A
- Owner when cancelled: [Northern Lights Aerobatics USA Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/NORTHERN%20LIGHTS%20AEROBATICS%20USA%20INC)
- Location: [Lafayette, LA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/LA/Lafayette)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 30.1552° N, 92.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 70508, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N901NL
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=901NL
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N901NL-2002-12-03

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Aero Vodochody L39C: https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-vodochody-l39c.md

## NTSB investigations (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 FTW01FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01FA063), Feb 10, 2001: Aero Vodochody L-39C (N901NL), Pecan Island, LA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance from terrain while performing low level aerobatics. A factor was fatigue.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20010210004629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010210004629A), Feb 10, 2001: Aerovd L39C (N901NL), Pecan Island, LA, No damage, 2 fatal. (-23) The jet aircraft's right wing tip contacted the ground during a roll from an inverted low level high speed pass.

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