Single-engine turboprop

N2157C

1983 Ndn Aircraft NDN-1T Firecracker

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1983
Serial
005
Class
Single-engine turboprop
Engines
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-25
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
National Test Pilot School (Corporation)
Based
Mojave, CA
Registration record

N2157C on the FAA register

Type
1983 Ndn Aircraft NDN-1T Firecracker
Serial
005
Engines
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-25
Registered owner
National Test Pilot School
Mojave, CA
Certificate issued
2023-05-25
Airworthiness date
2017-09-02
Registration expires
2030-05-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · research & development
Mode S (hex)
A1CF65
Mode S (octal)
50347545
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2023-05-25
    Certificate of registration issued as N2157C to the current registrant.
  • 2017-09-02
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (research & development)).
  • 1983
    Manufactured (1983).
  • 1970-06-17
    N2157C previously assigned to a Cessna 195B (s/n 16142); cancelled.
Overview

About N2157C

N2157C is a 1983 Ndn Aircraft NDN-1T Firecracker, serial number 005. The FAA register lists National Test Pilot School as the registrant in Mojave, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 25, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine turboprop, one Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-25 engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (research & development), dated September 2, 2017.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N2157C.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N2157C.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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