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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Powrachute PEGASUS
N5157T is a Powrachute PEGASUS, a powered parachute with a four-stroke engine, built in 2003. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Benson, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 21, 2007 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated September 8, 2007.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Powrachute
- Model
- PEGASUS · all PEGASUSs and related versions
- Built of
- fabric wing and steel frameA powered parachute: a fabric wing above a steel-tube cart with the engine and seats. This is how the Powrachute PEGASUS 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
- A127PEG
- Type
- Powered parachuteFAA type of aircraft code 8 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 582UL · 65 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2003
- Transponder code
- A67761 (octal 51473541)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 21, 2007
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 20, 2023
- 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 · Registered before Jan 31, 2008FAA certificate purpose code 8A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 8, 2007
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00357349
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Merrill Chester 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
- PO Box 2004
Benson, AZ 85602-2004
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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 N5157T links to the rest of the register
- Powrachute PEGASUS 112 registered
- Powrachute 189 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric wing and steel frame · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rotax 582UL 132 aircraft with this engine series · 65 hp
- Benson, AZ 29 aircraft registered in this town
- Benson Muni/Paul Kerchum Field · E95
- Arizona 8,431 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N5157T.json.
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The public federal record on N5157T, 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 Merrill Chester R, an individual, certificate issued May 21, 2007, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 8, 2007, 4 years after the 2003 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial A127PEG for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N5157T was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna R182 (serial R18201826, cancelled January 11, 2005); Champion 7GCAA (serial 151, cancelled March 19, 1974). 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]
2 NTSB records under N5157T: Accident on September 23, 2004 at Milton, FL: fatal, destroyed (4 fatal). Accident on December 9, 1990 at Orlando, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. 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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna R182 · operated under 091
The pilots operation of the airplane with known deficiencies in the equipment based on witness statements describing an excessive rpm drop and rough running engine after starting, during the engine run-up, and after becoming airborne, his failure to abort the takeoff after an excessive takeoff roll, and his failure to maintain airspeed resulting in an inadvertent stall, uncontrolled descent, and in-flight collision with terrain. A factor in the accident was the loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 182RG · operated under 091
FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE LANDING ROLL.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 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 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data