Stinson L-5
N1718M is a Stinson L-5, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Carriere, Mississippi. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 28, 2019 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for to show compliance with regulations, dated July 25, 1977.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Stinson
- Model
- L-5 · all L-5s and related versions
- Serial number
- 42-14927
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-435A/0-435C · 190 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A12060 (octal 50220140)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 28, 2019
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 25, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · To show compliance with regulations · July 25, 1977
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00563220
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Griffin John M
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 222
Carriere, MS 39426-0222
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N1718M, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Griffin John M, an individual, certificate issued August 28, 2019, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for to show compliance with regulations; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 42-14927 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N1718M according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N1718M: Accident on August 2, 1990 at Victorville, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Stinson L-5B · operated under 091
THE OIL GAUGE LINE 'B' NUT BACKED OFF, AND THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX90LA272 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data