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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 10, 2026Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B
N50EH is an Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2000. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Columbia Falls, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 4, 2021 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 6, 2000.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Aviat Aircraft Inc
- Model
- A-1B · all A-1Bs and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. This is how the Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1 Husky 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
- 2083
- 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 0-360-A1D · 180 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2000
- Transponder code
- A63803 (octal 51434003)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 4, 2021
- Expires
- February 29, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 21, 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 · June 6, 2000
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00695690
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sands Thomas
- 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
- 1313 Austin Xrd
Columbia Falls, MT 59912-9344
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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
Connections how N50EH links to the rest of the register
- Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1 Husky 897 registered
- Aviat Aircraft Inc 972 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-360-A1D 1,057 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Columbia Falls, MT 33 aircraft registered in this town
- Montana 6,045 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1 Husky 6 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1 Husky 39 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1 Husky 113 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-360-A1D 25 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-360-A1D 82 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N50EH, 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 Sands Thomas, an individual, certificate issued February 4, 2021, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated June 6, 2000, consistent with the 2000 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2083 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N50EH was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Rolladen-Schneider LS-4 (serial 4134, 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 N50EH: Accident on April 20, 1986 at Warner Springs, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rolladen-Schneider LS-4 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data