Waco Classic Aircraft Corp 2T-1A-2
N53GL is a Waco Classic Aircraft Corp 2T-1A-2, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2015. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Waco Classic Aircraft CORP DBA, a corporation in Battle Creek, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 8, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for acrobatic, dated April 10, 2015. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Waco Classic Aircraft Corp
- Model
- 2T-1A-2 · all 2T-1A-2s and related versions
- Serial number
- 1206
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming AEIO-360-B1G6 · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2015
- Transponder code
- A6AEB5 (octal 51527265)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 8, 2023
- Expires
- March 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- March 8, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Acrobatic · April 10, 2015
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 01169659
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Waco Classic Aircraft CORP DBA
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 15955 South Airport Rd
Battle Creek, MI 49015-7608 - Co-owners
- Waco Aircraft CORP
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Documents on file 1
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The public federal record on N53GL, 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 Waco Classic Aircraft CORP DBA, a corporation, certificate issued March 8, 2023, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for acrobatic, dated April 10, 2015, consistent with the 2015 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1206 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N53GL according to the deregistered file. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (August 31, 2026). [3]
1 NTSB record under N53GL: Accident on September 16, 2021 at Battle Creek, MI: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Waco Classic Aircraft CORP 2T-1A-2 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the tailwheel equipped airplane during a crosswind landing and the flight instructor’s inadequate remedial action.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN21LA430 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