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N4040S

Yakovlev YAK 52

Valid Iowa

N4040S is a Yakovlev YAK 52, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1982. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Donaldson Bros Flying Circus LLC, an LLC in Spencer, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 19, 2024 and expires on November 30, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated October 25, 2013.

Aircraft

Maker
Yakovlev
Model
YAK 52
Serial number
822205
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
1
Year built
1982
Transponder code
A4BDE6 (octal 51136746)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 19, 2024
Expires
November 30, 2031
Last FAA action
November 19, 2024
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition · October 25, 2013
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00693764

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Donaldson Bros Flying Circus LLC
Type
LLC
Address
PO Box 1475
Spencer, IA 51301-1475

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data