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N55528

Boeing PT-17

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesGeorgia

N55528 is a Boeing PT-17, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1943. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Madison, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 11, 2020 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated February 23, 1974.

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Aircraft

Maker
Boeing
Model
PT-17 · all PT-17s and related versions
Built of
steel tube, wood and fabric
A welded steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings, all covered in fabric: the construction of the 1930s and 1940s, which makes wood rot and fabric age the inspection items. The Stearman: welded steel-tube fuselage, wooden wings, fabric over all of it. This is how the Boeing PT-17 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
75-4611
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 W670 SERIES · 250 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1943
Cruising speed
93 mph
Transponder code
A714BD (octal 51612275)

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 11, 2020
Expires
May 31, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 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 · February 23, 1974
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00593595

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Roberts James P
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
811 Park Ln
Madison, GA 30650-1951

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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 N55528, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Roberts James P, an individual, certificate issued May 11, 2020, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 23, 1974, 31 years after the 1943 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 75-4611 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N55528 according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N55528: Accident on May 20, 2015 at Williamson, GA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

GAA15CA082Accident on May 20, 2015 at Williamson, GA: minor injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing PT 17 · operated under 091

The pilot landed off the right side of the runway resulting in a collision with terrain.

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data