Navion NAVION A
N5042K is a Navion NAVION A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Troy, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 21, 2022 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated February 5, 1960.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Navion
- Model
- NAVION A · all NAVION As 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 Navion NAVION A 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
- NAV-4-1654
- 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 · Cont Motor E185 SERIES · 205 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 120 mph
- Transponder code
- A64B74 (octal 51445564)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 21, 2022
- Expires
- April 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 28, 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 · February 5, 1960
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00191085
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Meinen Albert D
- 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
- 88 W Lake Dr
Troy, IL 62294-1732
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N5042K links to the rest of the register
- Navion NAVION A 99 registered
- Navion 254 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental E185 series 1,107 aircraft with this engine series · 205 hp
- Troy, IL 14 aircraft registered in this town
- Illinois 8,055 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Continental E185 series 7 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental E185 series 9 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N5042K, 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 Meinen Albert D, an individual, certificate issued April 21, 2022, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial NAV-4-1654 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N5042K 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 N5042K: Accident on February 20, 2022 at Livingston, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ryan L17 · operated under 091
A total loss of engine power due to fuel injection system contamination from an unknown source.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data