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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026Beech A45
N54RF is a Beech A45, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1957. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Urbana, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 10, 2021 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated November 27, 1957.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Beech
- Model
- A45 · all A45s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. The T-34 Mentor, the Navy's and Air Force's trainer. This is how the Beechcraft A45 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
- G-140
- 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
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1957
- Cruising speed
- 141 mph
- Transponder code
- A6D710 (octal 51553420)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 10, 2021
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 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 · November 27, 1957
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00472995
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Frasca Lucille A
- 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
- 906 Airport Rd
Urbana, IL 61802-7375
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N54RF links to the rest of the register
- Beechcraft A45 167 registered
- Beech 17,447 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental O-470 series 12,779 aircraft with this engine series · 230 hp
- Urbana, IL 34 aircraft registered in this town
- Frasca Field · C16
- Illinois 8,049 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Beechcraft A45 7 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Beechcraft A45 12 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Beechcraft A45 57 supplemental type certificates
- 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 N54RF, 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 Frasca Lucille A, an individual, certificate issued April 10, 2021, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate, dated November 27, 1957, consistent with the 1957 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial G-140 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N54RF according to the deregistered file. [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]
1 NTSB record under N54RF: Accident on June 9, 1990 at Champaign, IL: no injuries, substantial 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech T-34A · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS, AND HIS FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY FLARE THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING. THE ADVERSE WIND WAS A RELATED FACTOR.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data