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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 27, 2026Beech B24R
N53EM is a Beech B24R, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1976. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Checker Aircraft LLC, an LLC in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 23, 2006 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 22, 1976.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Beech
- Model
- B24R · all B24Rs 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. This is how the Beechcraft B24 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
- MC-395
- 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 · Lycoming I0360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1976
- Cruising speed
- 120 mph
- Transponder code
- A6AE84 (octal 51527204)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 23, 2006
- Expires
- October 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 9, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · January 22, 1976
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00620621
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Checker Aircraft 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
- 3511 Silverside Rd Ste 105
Wilmington, DE 19810-4902
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.
Connections how N53EM links to the rest of the register
- Beechcraft B24 117 registered
- Beech 17,447 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming IO-360 series 8,561 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Checker Aircraft LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Wilmington, DE 7,376 aircraft registered in this town
- New Castle Airport · ILG
- Delaware 10,959 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Beechcraft B24 2 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Beechcraft B24 22 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Beechcraft B24 37 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-360 series 42 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-360 series 39 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Valve, crimp nut loose · 1995-05-08
- Report filed on this aircraft: Valve, crimp nut loose · 1995-04-01
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The public federal record on N53EM, 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 Checker Aircraft LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 23, 2006, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated January 22, 1976, consistent with the 1976 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial MC-395 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N53EM 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]
1 NTSB record under N53EM: Accident on April 22, 2024 at Lumberton Township, NJ: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech B24R · operated under 091
The pilot/owner’s failure to ensure adequate maintenance of the airplane, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power during takeoff.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data