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N5659Z

Maule M-5-180C

Valid Kansas

N5659Z is a Maule M-5-180C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Abilene, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 23, 2013 and expires on January 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Maule
Model
M-5-180C
Serial number
8069C
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A73D28 (octal 51636450)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 23, 2013
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00402025

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Nelson Jim S
Type
Individual
Address
2530 Game Rd
Abilene, KS 67410-6963

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

1973-01-09Piper PA-22-108 · exported to Canada · Valid registration

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