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N5686L

American AA-1

N5686L is an American AA-1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1969. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Roxbury, Connecticut. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 12, 2011 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated April 23, 1969.

Aircraft

Maker
American
Model
AA-1 · all AA-1s and related versions
Serial number
AA1-0086
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1969
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
A747D7 (octal 51643727)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 12, 2011
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 24, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · April 23, 1969
FAA region
New England
FAA record id
00160556

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bresson Kyle M
Type
Individual
Address
7 Falls Rd
Roxbury, CT 06783-2013

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N5686L, 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 Bresson Kyle M, an individual, certificate issued October 12, 2011, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated April 23, 1969, consistent with the 1969 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial AA1-0086 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N5686L 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 N5686L: Accident on August 24, 1983 at Dunkirk, NY: no 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

NYC83LA223Accident on August 24, 1983 at Dunkirk, NY: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: American AA-1 · operated under 091

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC83LA223 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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