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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 27, 2026Lake LA-4-200
N5023L is a Lake LA-4-200, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1971. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Island Hoppers Seaplanes 2 LLC, an LLC in Orlando, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 16, 2020 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 18, 1971.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Lake
- Model
- LA-4-200 · all LA-4-200s 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. This is how the Lake LA-4 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
- 480
- 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 · Lycoming I0360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1971
- Cruising speed
- 91 mph
- Transponder code
- A6442A (octal 51442052)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 16, 2020
- Expires
- November 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 18, 1971
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00041005
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Island Hoppers Seaplanes 2 LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 1147 Edgewood Ranch Rd
Orlando, FL 32835-5103
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N5023L links to the rest of the register
- Lake LA-4 137 registered
- Lake 137 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming IO-360 series 8,561 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Island Hoppers Seaplanes 2 LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Orlando, FL 581 aircraft registered in this town
- Kissimmee Gateway Airport · ISM
- Orlando Executive · ORL
- Orlando International · MCO
- Orlando Sanford International · SFB
- Florida 21,711 aircraft registered
- Failure reports filed on the Lake LA-4 39 reports since 1995
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-360 series 42 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-360 series 39 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N5023L, 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 Island Hoppers Seaplanes 2 LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 16, 2020, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated August 18, 1971, consistent with the 1971 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 480 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N5023L 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]
2 NTSB records under N5023L: Accident on December 15, 2020 at Orlando, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 28, 2000 at Claremore, OK: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Lake LA-4-200 · operated under 091
The pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Lake LA-4-200 · operated under 091
The pilot's premature raising of the flaps.
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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data