Textron Aviation Inc 525B
N53BT is a Textron Aviation Inc 525B, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2021. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Ssi Air LLC, an LLC in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 6, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for commuter, dated December 21, 2021.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Textron Aviation Inc
- Model
- 525B · all 525Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 525B0656
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine
- Power
- Turbofan, 2 motors · Williams FJ44-3A · 2,820 lb thrust
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 2021
- Transponder code
- A6AE3F (octal 51527077)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 6, 2025
- Expires
- October 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- October 6, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Commuter · December 21, 2021
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 01354056
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ssi Air LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- PO Box 1545
Hot Springs, AR 71902-1545
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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 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N53BT, 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 Ssi Air LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 6, 2025, expires October 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for commuter, dated December 21, 2021, consistent with the 2021 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 525B0656 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N53BT was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Taylor Robert H SMITH MINI DSA-1 (serial DSA53T, cancelled August 6, 2012). 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 N53BT: Accident on July 22, 2001 at Sultan, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 6, 1984 at Hayward, CA: 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: Taylor Smith Mini DSA-1 · operated under 091
The separation/loss of the bolt and castle nut which connected the elevator bellcrank to the control stick pushrod resulting in a disconnect between the cockpit and the control surface and ultimately, the pilot's total loss of pitch control.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA01LA141 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Taylor SMITH MINI DSA-1 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX84LA284 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
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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