Cessna-Vansant Interprises-Inc 305A
N54550 is a Cessna-Vansant Interprises-Inc 305A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Seguin, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 13, 2013 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 5, 1978.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna-Vansant Interprises-Inc
- Model
- 305A
- Serial number
- JV5
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1978
- Cruising speed
- 114 mph
- Transponder code
- A6ED9F (octal 51566637)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 13, 2013
- Expires
- May 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · October 5, 1978
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00543295
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Chavez Clifford L
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 5650 Fm 775
Seguin, TX 78155-8320
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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 · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N54550, 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 Chavez Clifford L, an individual, certificate issued May 13, 2013, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated October 5, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial JV5 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N54550 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna AT-17 (serial 1888, cancelled September 10, 1945). 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 N54550: Accident on March 2, 2005 at Bartow, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 7, 1985 at Winter Haven, FL: no injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 305A · operated under 091
The pilots failure to maintain directional control resulting in the airplane ground-looping. A factor in the accident was the pilots lack of total experience in the airplane make and model.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA05CA068 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 305A · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA85LA167 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