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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026Beech G18S
N5BA is a Beech G18S, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1962. It has 10 seats. It is registered to Carlsbad Raceway CORP, a corporation in Hemet, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 6, 2012 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 5, 1962.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Beech
- Model
- G18S · all G18Ss and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Beechcraft G18 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
- BA-614
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (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, 2 motors · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
- Seats
- 10
- Year built
- 1962
- Cruising speed
- 165 mph
- Transponder code
- A63558 (octal 51432530)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 6, 2012
- Expires
- June 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 19, 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 · July 5, 1962
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00020825
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Carlsbad Raceway CORP
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 24291 Three Springs Rd
Hemet, CA 92545-2208
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N5BA links to the rest of the register
- Beechcraft G18 23 registered
- Beech 17,447 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Pratt & Whitney R-985 series 1,593 aircraft with this engine series · 450 hp
- Carlsbad Raceway CORP 11 aircraft in the fleet
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to July 27, 2027
- Hemet, CA 96 aircraft registered in this town
- Hemet-Ryan Airport · HMT
- California 27,642 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Beechcraft G18 2 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Beechcraft G18 12 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Beechcraft G18 24 supplemental type certificates
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney R-985 series 80 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N5BA, 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 Carlsbad Raceway CORP, a corporation, certificate issued June 6, 2012, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate, dated July 5, 1962, consistent with the 1962 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial BA-614 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N5BA 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 N5BA: Accident on June 7, 1983 at Jacksonville, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Incident on November 16, 1982 at Huntsville, AL: no injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech G18S · operated under 135
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech G18S · operated under 135
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data