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N5688F

Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG

Valid Texas

N5688F is a Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hereford, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 28, 2026 and expires on January 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated July 22, 2006. 4 documents are on file: 4 × bill of sale (evidence of ownership).

Aircraft

Maker
Columbia Aircraft Mfg
Model
LC41-550FG
Serial number
41566
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor TSIO-550-C · 310 hp
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A74818 (octal 51644030)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 28, 2026
Expires
January 31, 2033
Last FAA action
January 28, 2026
Airworthiness
Standard · Utility · July 22, 2006
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00218539

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Link John Ernest
Type
Individual
Address
1712 Plains Ave
Hereford, TX 79045-3712

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 4

2026-09-24Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)
2026-09-24Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)
2026-09-24Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)
2026-09-24Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

Earlier use of this number 2

1990-09-06Beech B200 · Valid, assigned to the manufacturer under its dealer certificate
1988-04-22Southern Air-Time Inc BUCCANEER · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

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