Piper PA-20
N5589H is a Piper PA-20, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1951. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Burlington, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 30, 2018 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated February 13, 1958.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-20 · all PA-20s and related versions
- Serial number
- 20-651
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-290 SERIES · 140 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1951
- Cruising speed
- 94 mph
- Transponder code
- A720BE (octal 51620276)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 30, 2018
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · February 13, 1958
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00360106
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Adams Trevor J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1607 E Hazel Ave
Burlington, WA 98233-1513
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
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 N5589H, 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 Adams Trevor J, an individual, certificate issued April 30, 2018, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 13, 1958, 7 years after the 1951 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]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 20-651 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N5589H 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 N5589H: Accident on May 19, 2016 at Nikolai Creek, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 23, 2003 at Palmer, AK: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA 20 · operated under 091
The pilot's selection of an unsuitable takeoff area resulting in an airplane nose over during the takeoff roll.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA16CA252 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-20 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop and collapse of the left main landing gear.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC03LA047 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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 August 27, 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