Johnson Gary GLASAIR FT SPR II-S
N53SW is a Johnson Gary GLASAIR FT SPR II-S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Humboldt, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 17, 2003 and expires on February 28, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Johnson Gary
- Model
- GLASAIR FT SPR II-S
- Serial number
- 2382
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Kit
- STODDARD HAMILTON GLASAIR II SUPER FT
- Transponder code
- A6AFB9 (octal 51527671)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 17, 2003
- Expires
- February 28, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00081979
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Johnson Gary F
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 420 Scarbrough Loop
Humboldt, TN 38343-8426
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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 · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N53SW, 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 Johnson Gary F, an individual, certificate issued December 17, 2003, expires February 28, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2382 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N53SW was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Boeing 737-2H4 (serial 21534, cancelled April 2, 1999). 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 N53SW: Accident on July 8, 1996 at Nashville, TN: serious injuries, minor damage. Incident on January 19, 1994 at Little Rock, AR: no injuries, minor 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: Boeing 737-200 · operated under 121
the captain's improper rejected takeoff, in that the takeoff was rejected after V1, and the flight attendants' improper use of the evacuation procedure, in that an evacuation was independently initiated without the captain's approval, and without assessing the condition and location of the fire. Factors related to the accident were: bird ingestion in the left engine near lift-off speed during the takeoff roll, and company's inadequate Crew Resource Management (CRM) training for flight attendants.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL96FA101 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 737-2H4 · operated under 121
WAS THE LANDING GEAR SEPARATION DUE TO AN UNDETERMINED CAUSE.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW94IA070 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
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data