Yakovlev YAK 52
N45BS is a Yakovlev YAK 52, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Woodville, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 14, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated September 9, 2009.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Yakovlev
- Model
- YAK 52 · all YAK 52s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. Metal structure; fabric-covered control surfaces. This is how the Yakovlev YAK 52 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 866712
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Vedeneyev M14P · 350 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A56FED (octal 51267755)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 14, 2026
- Expires
- August 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- August 14, 2026
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 9, 2009
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00997201
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Geipel William R
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2584 42Nd Ave
Woodville, WI 54028-7210
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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 2
Connections how N45BS links to the rest of the register
- Yakovlev YAK 52 118 registered
- Yakovlev 230 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Vedeneyev M14P 174 aircraft with this engine series · 350 hp
- Woodville, WI 10 aircraft registered in this town
- Wisconsin 6,164 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N45BS, 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 Geipel William R, an individual, certificate issued August 14, 2026, expires August 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 866712 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N45BS was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 (serial 558, cancelled August 28, 2002); Vietor Fw SCORPION T-133 (serial 101, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N45BS: Accident on April 15, 2002 at Carolina, PR: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 · operated under 091
The failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed (Vs) while maneuvering following inadvertent encounter with clouds resulting in an inadvertent stall and uncontrolled descent and subsequent in-flight collision with trees, a wall, and a building.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data