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1900 ARION LIGHTNING

Name: 1900 ARION LIGHTNING
Brand: ARION
SKU: 2106368
Price: 64000 USD
Availability: InStock

Carson City, NV

$64,000

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Total time

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Engine

N/A

Price

$64,000

Market context

Asking-price comparison — 4 live ARION LIGHTNING listings on ClearProp:$55,400 – $66,360 (median $60,500)

This listing is +6% vs the comparable median. Asking prices — a comparison point, not a valuation. Range from 4 live ARION LIGHTNING listings on ClearProp, adjusted +5.5% for Glass-panel avionics. These are live asking prices on ClearProp — a comparison point, not a valuation.

Listed 4 days on ClearProp

Specification sheet (print/PDF below)

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Specification sheet

Identity

Registration/tail #: N481SL
Make: ARION
Model: LIGHTNING
Year of manufacture: 1900
Category: Experimental

Airframe

Total time (TT): 0 h
Complete logs: Partial/unknown
Damage history: No

Engine(s)

Engine time (SMOH): 0 h

Performance & Capacity

Useful load: null

Maintenance

Annual: Fresh
ADs current: No
IFR cert current: No

Description

N481SL Full dual controls, Jabiru 3300 Six Cylinder 120 HP engine S/N 33a 2305 Gen 3, Sensenich composite propeller, GRT Glass Panel with ADS-B in with integrated GRT Auto Pilot, ADS-B out, Garmin GTX 327 Transponder, Garmin AERA Nav panel/system, Garmin SL30 NAV/Com, GA-1000 heated pitot tube, additional TS Attitude Indicator, additional Engine Information System, additional analog airspeed indicator, KanNed ELT. Updated Tail. Aircraft S/N 121 with 518 hours engine/airframe. Fresh Annual. 2011 E-AB.Transition training available with Sport Aviation Center.

Condition & Documents

Damage history

None

Logs

Partial

Storage

Outdoor

Asking price

$64,000

≈ $457/mo · 20% down, 240 mo, 8.9% APR (estimate)

Registration: N481SL

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Deal check

📈 Priced above recent comps

+21% vs similar ARION listings on ClearProp (estimate, not an appraisal)

$53,000$64,000$57,000

Median ask (2 comps)$53,000
Middle 50%$53,000 – $57,000
TT-adjusted for this aircraft$53,072
2 comparable aircraft · all ARION LIGHTNINGs (any year) · confidence: low

⚠ Logs incomplete — unlogged time is unverifiable time

❓ Engine SMOH/SFRM — get logs confirming hours and who did the work
❓ Priced +21% vs 2 comparable LIGHTNINGs (same model, similar year & condition) — what explains it?

Pre-buy inspection

Standard 20-item checklist · buyer or seller can update · shareable report.

Aircraft location (airport ident)

Shops and transport operators are matched by distance from the aircraft's airport.

Ferry or disassembly/transport

N-number check

registry mismatch

N481SL · SKYS OPEN SPORT AVIATION LLC LIGHTNING · 2011

⚠ Registry make: SKYS OPEN SPORT AVIATION LLC vs listing: ARION
⚠ Registry build year: 2011 vs listing: 1900

Type: Fixed-wing single engine
Registered owner: CARSON CITY, NV
Registration expires: 10/31/2032
Airworthiness certificate: 05/26/2011

Source: FAA registry, refreshed weekly. Registration data is public record.

Cost of ownership

Fuel (10 gph × 100 h)$5,500
Annual / condition inspectionowner-performed (materials)$600
Insurance (optional)liability-only typical$410
Hangar$4,200
Engine reservetypical 4-cyl piston: $25,000 / 2,400h$1,042
≈ $/hour$118/hr · $11,752/yr
if you add full hull insurance+$1,540/yr (≈ $129/hr)

Based on: single-piston estimate · typical 4-cyl piston overhaul math · 100 h/yr · $5.50 fuel · $350/mo hangar. Experimental owners: annual inspection ≈ $0 self-performed.

Services

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FIELD CONDITIONS

KCXP

Carson Airport — field serving this city

METAR KCXP 211950Z AUTO 06004KT 10SM CLR 16/04 A3000 RMK AO2

TAF — forecast

TAF KCXP 211730Z 2118/2218 VRB03KT P6SM SCT100 BKN180 
  FM212100 08008KT 6SM -RA VCTS BKN050CB OVC150 
  PROB30 2122/2203 VRB15G30KT 4SM -TSRA BKN050CB 
  FM220500 VRB03KT P6SM VCSH SCT050 BKN150 
  FM220900 VRB03KT P6SM -SHRA BKN050 OVC150 
  FM221200 VRB03KT P6SM VCSH SCT030 OVC150

Live METAR/TAF via aviationweather.gov · updated 3:17 PM

NTSB HISTORY

N481SL

⚠ Accident2016-08-24

St. Augustine, Florida · ARION SKYS OPEN SPORT AVIATION Lightning

GAA16CA502 · investigation completed · Open NTSB record ↗

From the public NTSB CAROL database — covers NTSB investigations, not necessarily every incident. Verify prebuy findings independently.

Full aircraft record — registry, NTSB, ADS-B, AD context & price history →

ADS-B PRESENCE

NOT AIRBORNE AT THIS MOMENT

N481SL isn't transmitting right now — as expected for a parked aircraft. Transponder data appears here whenever it's flying.

Recent activity on ADS-B Exchange ↗

Benchmark vs the Experimental · ARION segment

$74k

segment median ask

44th

your ask percentile

$64k

this ask

96 comparable listings considered · percentiles from ClearProp's own live inventory (asking prices — the Deal Room's deal-check does the same math against tighter make/model/year filters).

Seller

Paul Hamilton

Broker

Carson City, NV 89706 United States

Verified seller

★ 0.0

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Listing details

Listing #: 2106368

Posted October 16, 2026

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