Aero Commander S2R
N5543X is an Aero Commander S2R, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1973. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Croom Aviation LLC, an LLC in Port Saint Joe, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 26, 2017 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated April 10, 1973.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Aero Commander
- Model
- S2R · all S2Rs and related versions
- Serial number
- 1743R
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1973
- Cruising speed
- 119 mph
- Transponder code
- A7111E (octal 51610436)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 26, 2017
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · April 10, 1973
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00010026
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Croom Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- PO Box 815
Port Saint Joe, FL 32457-0815
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N5543X, 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 Croom Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued January 26, 2017, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated April 10, 1973, consistent with the 1973 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1743R for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N5543X 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]
2 NTSB records under N5543X: Accident on May 28, 1989 at Lambert, MS: serious injuries, destroyed. Accident on July 3, 1985 at Paragould, AR: no injuries, substantial 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: Ayres S2R · operated under 091
FAILURE OF THE ENGINE IMPELLER. THE DITCH IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA WAS A RELATED FACTOR.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aero Commander S2R · operated under 137
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 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