Light jet

N3159Y

1965 Aero L-29 Delfin

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1965
Serial
1238
Class
Light jet
Engines
Motorlet M-701C
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Fantasy Fighters Inc (Corporation)
Based
Santa Fe, NM
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Registration record

N3159Y on the FAA register

Type
1965 Aero L-29 Delfin
Serial
1238
Engines
Motorlet M-701C
Registered owner
Fantasy Fighters Inc
Santa Fe, NM
Certificate issued
2023-04-30
Airworthiness date
2011-12-14
Registration expires
2030-04-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A35D0E
Mode S (octal)
50656416
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2023-04-30
    Certificate of registration issued as N3159Y to the current registrant.
  • 2011-12-14
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1965
    Manufactured (1965).
Overview

About N3159Y

N3159Y is a 1965 Aero L-29 Delfin, serial number 1238. The FAA register lists Fantasy Fighters Inc as the registrant in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 30, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a light jet, one Motorlet M-701C engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated December 14, 2011.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N3159Y. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1984-08-18 Accident · Prineville, OR Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · SEA84FA201
Reported aircraft: Cessna 182E — a different aircraft that carried the N3159Y registration before this airframe.
1965-07-17 Accident · Albuquerque N Mex, 31 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1725
Reported aircraft: Cessna 182 — a different aircraft that carried the N3159Y registration before this airframe.

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.