Single-engine piston

N40LR

Homebuilt Rutan Varieze

Registered No accidents on file

Built

—

Serial

2131

Class

Single-engine piston

Engines

Continental O-200 series

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registered owner

Rutan Aircraft Flying Experience (Corporation)

Based

Waller, TX

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Registration record

N40LR on the FAA register

Type

Homebuilt Rutan Varieze

Serial

2131

Engines

Continental O-200 series

Registered owner

Rutan Aircraft Flying Experience

Waller, TX

Certificate issued

2024-05-12

Airworthiness date

1986-08-22

Registration expires

2031-05-31

Airworthiness class

Experimental · amateur-built

Mode S (hex)

A4AB52

Mode S (octal)

51125522

Seats (type)

Weight class

up to 12,499 lb

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registry history

Timeline

2031-05-31
Registration expires (renewal due).
2024-05-12
Certificate of registration issued as N40LR.
1986-08-22
Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).

Overview

About N40LR

N40LR is a Homebuilt Rutan Varieze, serial number 2131. The FAA register lists Rutan Aircraft Flying Experience as the registrant in Waller, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 12, 2024 and expires on May 31, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Continental O-200 series engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated August 22, 1986.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N40LR.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N40LR.

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.