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N53503

Grumman TBM-3E

Valid Texas

N53503 is a Grumman TBM-3E, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1948. It has 2 seats. It is registered to American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum, a corporation in Dallas, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 6, 1991 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a limited airworthiness certificate, dated August 24, 2011.

Aircraft

Maker
Grumman
Model
TBM-3E
Serial number
53503
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Wright R-2600 SER · 1700 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1948
Cruising speed
266 mph
Transponder code
A6C574 (octal 51542564)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 6, 1991
Expires
July 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 26, 2023
Airworthiness
Limited · August 24, 2011
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00572865

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum
Type
Corporation
Address
PO Box 764769
Dallas, TX 75376-4769

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

1955-01-20Taylorcraft L-2B · Valid registration

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