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N4546J

Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B

Valid Oklahoma

N4546J is a Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Padre CO LLC, an LLC in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 27, 2000 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated December 10, 1979.

Aircraft

Maker
Grumman American Avn. Corp.
Model
AA-5B · all AA-5Bs and related versions
Serial number
AA5B1283
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1979
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A5842B (octal 51302053)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 27, 2000
Expires
June 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 19, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · December 10, 1979
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00492864

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Padre CO LLC
Type
LLC
Address
1611 S Utica Ave # 242
Tulsa, OK 74104-4909

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1972-08-16Piper PA-28R-180 · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N4546J, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Padre CO LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 27, 2000, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated December 10, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial AA5B1283 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N4546J was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-28R-180 (serial 28R-30407, cancelled August 16, 1972). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

2 NTSB records under N4546J: Accident on May 8, 1999 at Claremore, OK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 6, 1995 at 0Wasso, OK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 2

FTW99FA132Accident on May 8, 1999 at Claremore, OK: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: AA5B-1283

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman American AA-5B · operated under 091

The fatigue fracture of the propeller bolts resulting from the improper installation of the propeller assembly.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW99FA132 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

FTW95LA334Accident on August 6, 1995 at 0Wasso, OK: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 1283

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman American AA-5B · operated under 091

THE PILOT'S DELAYED DECISION TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY CALCULATE THE PERFORMANCE DATA PRIOR TO TAKEOFF WAS A FACTOR.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW95LA334 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data