Light jet

N748BA

1978 Aero L-39C Albatros

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1978
Serial
831102
Class
Light jet
Engines
Ivchenko AL-25SERIES
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Spitfire Ventures LLC (LLC)
Based
San Antonio, TX
Registration record

N748BA on the FAA register

Type
1978 Aero L-39C Albatros (FAA: Aero Vodochody L39C)
Serial
831102
Engines
Ivchenko AL-25SERIES
Registered owner
Spitfire Ventures LLC
San Antonio, TX
Certificate issued
2023-12-09
Airworthiness date
2004-10-13
Registration expires
2030-12-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
AA105C
Mode S (octal)
52410134
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-12-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2023-12-09
    Certificate of registration issued as N748BA to the current registrant.
  • 2004-10-13
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1985-02-01
    N748BA previously assigned to a British Aerospace HS748 Series 2B (s/n 1783); cancelled.
  • 1978
    Manufactured (1978).
Overview

About N748BA

N748BA is a 1978 Aero L-39C Albatros (FAA model L39C), serial number 831102. The FAA register lists Spitfire Ventures LLC as the registrant in San Antonio, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 9, 2023 and expires on December 31, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a light jet, one Ivchenko AL-25SERIES engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated October 13, 2004.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N748BA.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N748BA.

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.