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N5853L

American AA-5

N5853L 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 Watsonville, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 9, 2021 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 15, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
American
Model
AA-5
Serial number
AA5-0053
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
A78B47 (octal 51705507)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 9, 2021
Expires
February 29, 2028
Last FAA action
April 21, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · September 15, 1980
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00531745

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Kennedy Samuel E
Type
Individual
Address
207 Plum Hill Dr
Watsonville, CA 95076-2237

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