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N53W, a Beech B200C
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026
N53W

Beech B200C

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesVirginia

N53W is a Beech B200C, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1982. It has 11 seats. It is registered to Dynamic Avlease INC, a corporation in Bridgewater, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 12, 2015 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; aerial surveying, dated May 8, 2017.

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Aircraft

Maker
Beech
Model
B200C · all B200Cs and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Beechcraft B200 King Air B200 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
BL-53
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
TurbopropFAA type of engine code 2 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors · P&W Canada PT6A-42 · 850 hp
Seats
11
Year built
1982
Transponder code
A6B008 (octal 51530010)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
November 12, 2015
Expires
November 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 23, 2023
Airworthiness
MultipleFAA airworthiness class code 6 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Standard; Restricted; Aerial surveyingFAA certificate purpose code 132 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 8, 2017
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00273416

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Dynamic Avlease INC
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
1402 Airport Rd
Bridgewater, VA 22812-3534

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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 4

2001-04-27Bell 206B · exported to Canada · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1989-11-22Bell 206B · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1965-06-05Boeing A75N1 · Valid registration
1940-04-15Pitcairn PA-7S · Valid registration

Connections how N53W links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N53W.json.

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The public federal record on N53W, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Dynamic Avlease INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 12, 2015, expires November 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 8, 2017, 35 years after the 1982 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial BL-53 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N53W was previously assigned to 4 other aircraft: Bell 206B (serial 3587, cancelled April 27, 2001); Bell 206B (serial 945, cancelled November 22, 1989); Boeing A75N1 (serial 75-504, cancelled June 5, 1965). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N53W: Accident on July 7, 1989 at Longview, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

SEA89LA128Accident on July 7, 1989 at Longview, WA: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 945

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206B · operated under 091

THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY TURNING OFF THE ENGINE FUEL SUPPLY INSTEAD OF THE EXTERNAL LOAD FUEL SUPPLY. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO JETTISON THE EXTERNAL LOAD DURING THE AUTOROTATION.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data