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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 3, 202651 Heritage Llc SW-51
N551DR is a 51 Heritage Llc SW-51, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2025. It has 2 seats. It is registered to 51 Heritage LLC, an LLC in Edgerton, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 6, 2026 and expires on March 31, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated August 28, 2026.
Where is it now Last seen October 29 at 9:22 am.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- 51 Heritage Llc
- Model
- SW-51
- Serial number
- SW-51-034
- 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
- Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 916 IS A · 160 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2025
- Kit
- SCALEWINGS AIRCRAFT GMBH SW-51
- Transponder code
- A7037D (octal 51601575)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 6, 2026
- Expires
- March 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- March 6, 2026
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 28, 2026
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01546105
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- 51 Heritage LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 83 Artisan Dr
Edgerton, WI 53534-9445
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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 N551DR links to the rest of the register
- 51 Heritage Llc 1 aircraft on the register
- Rotax 916 IS A 122 aircraft with this engine series · 160 hp
- 51 Heritage LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Edgerton, WI 11 aircraft registered in this town
- Jana Airport · 58C
- Wisconsin 6,161 aircraft registered
- Where N551DR is now · Last seen October 29 at 9:22 am.
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The public federal record on N551DR, 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 51 Heritage LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 6, 2026, expires March 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition, dated August 28, 2026, consistent with the 2025 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial SW-51-034 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N551DR was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Pdps Pzl-Bielsko SZD-55-1 (serial 551192039, cancelled June 26, 2018). 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]
1 NTSB record under N551DR: Accident on August 6, 2016 at Channahon, IL: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). 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: Pzl-Bielsko SZD 55-1 · operated under 091
The glider pilot's failure to maintain adequate pitch control while being towed and his subsequent failure to maintain adequate airspeed control after releasing from the towline, which resulted in the glider exceeding its critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall/spin at a low altitude.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 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 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data