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N553MB

Bickling Melvin T RV-9A

Valid Colorado

N553MB is a Bickling Melvin T RV-9A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2011. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Johnstown, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 29, 2010 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 10, 2011.

Aircraft

Maker
Bickling Melvin T
Model
RV-9A
Serial number
91457
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O-320 SERIES · 150 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2011
Kit
VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-9A
Transponder code
A70BA5 (octal 51605645)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 29, 2010
Expires
September 30, 2027
Last FAA action
March 17, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · September 10, 2011
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
01055276

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bickling Melvin T
Type
Individual
Address
6690 Lakota Ct
Johnstown, CO 80534

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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