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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 11, 2026Stinson L-5
N68591 is a Stinson L-5, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to American Airpower Heritage Flying Mu, a corporation in Dallas, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 6, 1991 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated May 1, 1956.
Where is it now Last seen October 17 at 10:41 am.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Stinson
- Model
- L-5 · all L-5s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. This is how the Stinson L-5 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
- 42-98667
- 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 · Lycoming 0-435A/0-435C · 190 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A91977 (octal 52214567)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 6, 1991
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 16, 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 · May 1, 1956
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00850107
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- American Airpower Heritage Flying Mu
- 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
- PO Box 764769
Dallas, TX 75376-4769
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.
Connections how N68591 links to the rest of the register
- Stinson L-5 125 registered
- Stinson 1,728 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-435A/O-435C 135 aircraft with this engine series · 190 hp
- American Airpower Heritage Flying Mu 16 aircraft in the fleet
- Dallas, TX 1,865 aircraft registered in this town
- Addison Airport · ADS
- Dallas Executive · RBD
- Dallas Love Field · DAL
- Mckinney Ntl Airport · TKI
- 3 more landing places in town
- Texas 29,979 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Stinson L-5 3 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Stinson L-5 14 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-435A/O-435C 5 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-435A/O-435C 2 reports since 1995
- Where N68591 is now · Last seen October 17 at 10:41 am.
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N68591.json.
Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N68591, 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 American Airpower Heritage Flying Mu, a corporation, certificate issued September 6, 1991, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 42-98667 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N68591 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 N68591: Accident on September 29, 1999 at Woodward, OK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 6, 1989 at Minneapolis, MN: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Stinson L-5 · operated under 091
The in-flight separation of the tip of a wood propeller blade. Contributing factors were the soft terrain and ditch encountered during the precautionary landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Stinson L-5 · operated under 091
THE PILOT SELECTED THE WRONG RUNWAY AND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE CROSSWIND WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 11, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data