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N53488

Boeing A75N1(PT17)

Valid Delaware

N53488 is a Boeing A75N1(PT17), a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Allen Chorman & Son INC, a corporation in Milton, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 2, 2016 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 16, 1982.

Aircraft

Maker
Boeing
Model
A75N1(PT17) · all A75N1(PT17)s and related versions
Serial number
75-2284
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
93 mph
Transponder code
A6C2DA (octal 51541332)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 2, 2016
Expires
August 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 25, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · December 16, 1982
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00102835

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Allen Chorman & Son INC
Type
Corporation
Address
30475 E Mill Run
Milton, DE 19968-3457

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N53488, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Allen Chorman & Son INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 2, 2016, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 75-2284 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N53488 according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

2 NTSB records under N53488: Accident on November 27, 2015 at Farmington, DE: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 16, 1987 at Milton, DE: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 2

ERA16CA057Accident on November 27, 2015 at Farmington, DE: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing A75N1(PT17) · operated under 091

Both pilots' failure to maintain visual separation during landing at non-towered airport. Contributing to the accident was the Mooney pilot's lack of prompt evasive action once the biplane had been spotted on the same runway.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA16CA057 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

BFO88DHD02Accident on October 16, 1987 at Milton, DE: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing A75N1 · operated under 091

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER BRAKE APPLICATION DURING A 'WHEEL' LANDING, WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT NOSING OVER. THE SLIGHT DOWNSLOPE OF THE AIRSTRIP, A QUARTERING TAILWIND, INADEQUATE SUPERVISION ON THE PART OF THE CHECK PILOT, AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT ALL CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for BFO88DHD02 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data