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N53E

Waco EGC-8

N53E is a Waco EGC-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1938. It has 5 seats. It is registered to an individual in Dana Point, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 14, 1984 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 20, 1974.

Aircraft

Maker
Waco
Model
EGC-8
Serial number
5069
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Wright 760A B D E&ET · 250 hp
Seats
5
Year built
1938
Cruising speed
118 mph
Transponder code
A6AE78 (octal 51527170)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 14, 1984
Expires
July 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 18, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · February 20, 1974
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00842655

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Whittlesey Leslie F
Type
Individual
Address
23611 Sidney Bay
Dana Point, CA 92629-4209

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.

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