# Lightning Avion Eab ARION LIGHTNING

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry codes: 05631QD, 05631UL
- Manufacturer (registry): LIGHTNING AVION EAB LLC
- Model: ARION LIGHTNING
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/lightning-avion-eab-arion-lightning

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker. The FAA lists this model under more than one registry code, usually for different spellings of the maker. This page covers them all.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## 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 WPR20LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA096), Feb 26, 2020: Lightning Avion Eab Arion Lightning (N1XF), Jerome, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s mismanagement of fuel, which resulted in fuel starvation and the pilot’s loss of airplane control during an emergency descent, which resulted in a stall and subsequent impact with terrain.

## 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 20200226005669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200226005669A), Feb 26, 2020: Lightning Avion Eab LLC ARION LIGHTNING (N1XF), Jerome, ID, Substantial damage. The airman departed rawlings (kwrl) en-route to gooding (kgng). While 24 NM from kgng, the engine failed due to fuel starvation. The right tank was selected…

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Gross Ryan William ARION LIGHTNING](https://openairdocs.org/model/gross-ryan-william-arion-lightning): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05621YH
- [Bowen Ricky ARION LIGHTNING](https://openairdocs.org/model/bowen-ricky-arion-lightning): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05622GH
- [Dewey Charles S ARION LIGHTNING](https://openairdocs.org/model/dewey-charles-s-arion-lightning): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05622SR
- [Carlisle Clifton E ARION LIGHTNING](https://openairdocs.org/model/carlisle-clifton-e-arion-lightning): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056247J
- [Winkler Gary R ARION LIGHTNING](https://openairdocs.org/model/winkler-gary-r-arion-lightning): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05627BT
- [Keith Charles M ARION LIGHTNING](https://openairdocs.org/model/keith-charles-m-arion-lightning): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05627JA
- [Pennington Gary W ARION LIGHTNING](https://openairdocs.org/model/pennington-gary-w-arion-lightning): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05627N4
- [Haas Robert J ARION LIGHTNING](https://openairdocs.org/model/haas-robert-j-arion-lightning): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05627VL
- [Gross Ryan W ARION LIGHTNING](https://openairdocs.org/model/gross-ryan-w-arion-lightning): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056281M
- [Shaffer Donald ARION LIGHTNING](https://openairdocs.org/model/shaffer-donald-arion-lightning): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056290G
- [Reed Stuart ARION LIGHTNING](https://openairdocs.org/model/reed-stuart-arion-lightning): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0562952
- [Cummock David ARION LIGHTNING](https://openairdocs.org/model/cummock-david-arion-lightning): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05629MI

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