Single-engine piston

N246CA

Centauri Aircraft Company Valkyrie

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
07
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
1
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Centauri Aircraft Company Inc (Corporation)
Based
Emeryville, CA
Registration record

N246CA on the FAA register

Type
Centauri Aircraft Company Valkyrie
Serial
07
Engines
1
Registered owner
Centauri Aircraft Company Inc
Emeryville, CA
Certificate issued
2025-10-17
Airworthiness date
—
Registration expires
2032-10-31
Airworthiness class
—
Mode S (hex)
A2467C
Mode S (octal)
50443174
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-10-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-10-17
    Certificate of registration issued as N246CA to the current registrant.
  • 2019-03-02
    N246CA previously assigned to a Beechcraft KING Air F90 (s/n LA-27); cancelled.
  • 2001-03-30
    N246CA previously assigned to a Embraer EMB-120RT (s/n 120.223); cancelled.
Overview

About N246CA

N246CA is a Centauri Aircraft Company Valkyrie, serial number 07. The FAA register lists Centauri Aircraft Company Inc as the registrant in Emeryville, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on October 17, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston and 4 seats.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N246CA. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2017-02-06 Accident · Poplar Bluff, MO Damage: Substantial NTSB · GAA17CA150
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft F90 — a different aircraft that carried the N246CA registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot s descent below the minimum descent altitude during a nonprecision approach, which resulted in a tree strike.

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

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.