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N5851L

American AA-5

Valid Michigan

N5851L is an American AA-5, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1972. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in South Haven, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 4, 1987 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 23, 1972.

Aircraft

Maker
American
Model
AA-5
Serial number
AA5-0051
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1972
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
A78B01 (octal 51705401)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 4, 1987
Expires
August 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 3, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · March 23, 1972
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00511735

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Oretsky Philip H
Type
Individual
Address
7218 B St
South Haven, MI 49090-9625

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