Horne Charles M SONEX
N5225C is a Horne Charles M SONEX, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Phoenix, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 9, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Horne Charles M
- Model
- SONEX
- Serial number
- 1370
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Kit
- SONEX LLC SONEX
- Transponder code
- A69366 (octal 51511546)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 9, 2026
- Expires
- February 28, 2033
- Last FAA action
- February 9, 2026
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 01533486
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Horne Charles M
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 20815 N 1St Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85027-5966
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 2
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N5225C, 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 Horne Charles M, an individual, certificate issued February 9, 2026, expires February 28, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1370 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N5225C was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369D (serial 590497D, cancelled February 7, 2017); Cessna 310R (serial 310R1517, 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]
3 NTSB records under N5225C: Accident on July 22, 2014 at Oso, WA: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 7, 2003 at Taholah, WA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 16, 1996 at Forks, WA: serious 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mdhi 369D · operated under 133
The pilot/mechanic’s failure to properly perform required inspections of the main rotor blades at the necessary intervals, which resulted in an in-flight separation of a main rotor blade due to disbonding and fatigue cracking. Contributing to the accident was the lack of clear guidance in the helicopter maintenance inspection instructions, which allowed for the possible misinterpretation by maintenance personnel of their intent.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR14LA308 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes 369D · operated under 133
The entanglement of the fuel quantity sender float in the start pump wiring within the fuel tank as a result of the wiring not being properly secured. This rendered the fuel gauge inaccurate and the low fuel warning light inoperative which led to fuel exhaustion. The improper securing of the wiring was a result of unspecified maintenance personnel not identifying the unsecured condition. Contributing factors were the lack of adequate guidance in the maintenance manuals on inspection of the wiring and the low rotor RPM during the autorotation resulting in a hard landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA03LA058 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes 369D · operated under 133
fuel contamination, which resulted in loss of engine power. Factors relating to the accident included: improper servicing of the helicopter, and a lack of suitable terrain for an emergency landing due to the proximity of trees.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA97LA032 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data