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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Cessna-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.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna-Vansant Interprises-Inc
- Model
- 305A
- Serial number
- JV5
- 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 · Cont Motor O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1978
- Cruising speed
- 114 mph
- Transponder code
- A6ED9F (octal 51566637)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 13, 2013
- Expires
- May 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 5, 1978
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00543295
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Chavez Clifford L
- 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
- 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
Connections how N54550 links to the rest of the register
- Cessna-Vansant Interprises-Inc 1 aircraft on the register
- Continental O-470 series 12,780 aircraft with this engine series · 230 hp
- Seguin, TX 97 aircraft registered in this town
- Seguin Airport · E70
- Texas 29,966 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Continental O-470 series 23 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental O-470 series 148 reports since 1995
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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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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.
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Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 305A · operated under 091
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