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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Freeman Heritage Collection SE5A
N685SE is a Freeman Heritage Collection SE5A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2017. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Tsi Holdco INC, a corporation in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 16, 2024 and expires on May 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated June 9, 2017.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Freeman Heritage Collection
- Model
- SE5A
- Serial number
- 6851
- 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 · Wright HISPANO E · 180 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2017
- Transponder code
- A9175F (octal 52213537)
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 16, 2024
- Expires
- May 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- May 16, 2024
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 9, 2017
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01238163
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Tsi Holdco INC
- 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
- 4455 South Blvd Ste 500
Virginia Beach, VA 23452-1387
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N685SE links to the rest of the register
- Freeman Heritage Collection 1 aircraft on the register
- Wright HISPANO E 8 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Tsi Holdco INC 80 aircraft in the fleet
- Virginia Beach, VA 324 aircraft registered in this town
- Virginia 5,972 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N685SE, 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 Tsi Holdco INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 16, 2024, expires May 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition, dated June 9, 2017, consistent with the 2017 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6851 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N685SE 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 N685SE: Accident on February 27, 2020 at Kingsbury, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 3, 2017 at Virginia Beach, VA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Raf SE5A · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain a proper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing, and his subsequent loss of directional control, which resulted in a ground loop.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Freeman Heritage Collection SE5A · operated under 091
A partial loss of engine power due to an interruption of the normal fuel/air mixture to the engine.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data