N53385 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Christen Industries Inc PITTS S-2B. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 12, 2006 when the aircraft was exported to Kenya. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 4 times.
Christen Industries Inc PITTS S-2B cancelled September 12, 2006
- Serial number
- 5076
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Kenya
- Certificate issued
- March 18, 2004
- Last FAA action
- March 18, 2004
- Last owner
- Pitts Air Fun INC (Corporation)
Austin, TX - Airworthiness
- None on file
Cessna 172P cancelled June 2, 1981
- Serial number
- 17274737
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Canada
- Certificate issued
- June 2, 1981
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Cessna Aircraft CO (Corporation)
Wichita, KS - Airworthiness
- None on file
Cessna A188B cancelled October 7, 1974
- Serial number
- 18801803
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- South Africa
- Certificate issued
- September 18, 1974
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Stafford Hall LTD (Corporation)
Lees Summit, MO - Airworthiness
- None on file
Consolidated Vultee BT-13A cancelled March 30, 1954
- Serial number
- 2750
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 5, 1950
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Harris Emer R (Individual)
Sugar City, ID - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N53385
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Christen Industries PITTS S2B · serial 5076
THE TOTAL BLOCKAGE OF THE OIL BREATHER LINE CAUSING EXCESSIVE PRESSURE IN THE ENGINE, RESULTING IN OIL LEAKAGE AND SUBSEQUENT ENGINE FAILURE.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site