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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.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Johnson Gary
- Model
- GLASAIR FT SPR II-S
- Serial number
- 2382
- 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
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Kit
- STODDARD HAMILTON GLASAIR II SUPER FT
- Transponder code
- A6AFB9 (octal 51527671)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 17, 2003
- Expires
- February 28, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00081979
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Johnson Gary F
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- 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
Connections how N53SW links to the rest of the register
- Johnson Gary 3 aircraft on the register
- Humboldt, TN 24 aircraft registered in this town
- Humboldt Municipal · M53
- Tennessee 6,535 aircraft registered
- Report filed on this aircraft: Intercostal, cracked · 1998-09-17
- Report filed on this aircraft: Sensor, out of position · 1998-03-26
- Report filed on this aircraft: Skin, cracked · 1997-12-12
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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]
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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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 737-2H4 · operated under 121
WAS THE LANDING GEAR SEPARATION DUE TO AN UNDETERMINED CAUSE.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data