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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 11, 2026Cessna 305A
N5291G is a Cessna 305A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1953. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Simmons Aviation Services LLC, an LLC in Pawcatuck, Connecticut. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 7, 2011 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for aerial advertising, dated June 13, 2011.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 305A · all 305As 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. The Bird Dog, the Army's version of the 170. This is how the Cessna 305 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
- 23413
- 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 O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1953
- Cruising speed
- 99 mph
- Transponder code
- A6ACDF (octal 51526337)
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 7, 2011
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 20, 2023
- Airworthiness
- RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Aerial advertisingFAA certificate purpose code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 13, 2011
- FAA region
- New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00082635
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Simmons Aviation Services 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
- 353 Greenhaven Rd
Pawcatuck, CT 06379-2093
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N5291G links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 305 202 registered
- Cessna 72,677 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental O-470 series 12,780 aircraft with this engine series · 230 hp
- Simmons Aviation Services LLC 28 aircraft in the fleet
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to February 10, 2027
- Pawcatuck, CT 35 aircraft registered in this town
- Connecticut 1,612 aircraft registered
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 305 41 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 305 48 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Continental O-470 series 23 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental O-470 series 148 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N5291G.json.
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The public federal record on N5291G, 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 Simmons Aviation Services LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 7, 2011, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 13, 2011, 58 years after the 1953 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 23413 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N5291G 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]
4 NTSB records under N5291G: Accident on July 4, 2016 at Narragansett, RI: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 14, 1985 at Sugar Loaf Key, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 24, 1984 at East Moriches, NY: 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 4
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 305 · operated under 091
A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined during a postaccident examination of the airframe and engine.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 305A · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 305A · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 305A · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 11, 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 11, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data