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A Smith AEROSTAR 600, the same model family as N7528S
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 12, 2026
N7528S

Smith AEROSTAR 600

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesOhio

N7528S is a Smith AEROSTAR 600, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Westerville, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 20, 2025 and expires on November 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 15, 1974.

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Aircraft

Maker
Smith
Model
AEROSTAR 600 · all AEROSTAR 600s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Smith AEROSTAR 600 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
60-0190-086
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 · Lycoming TI0-540 SER · 310 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
6
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
186 mph
Transponder code
AA24F8 (octal 52422370)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
November 20, 2025
Expires
November 30, 2032
Last FAA action
November 20, 2025
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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 15, 1974
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00922747

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Doran Jeff T
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
7800 Harlem Rd
Westerville, OH 43081-9327

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N7528S links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Westerville, OH 46 aircraft registered in this town
  • Ohio 8,531 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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The public federal record on N7528S, 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 Doran Jeff T, an individual, certificate issued November 20, 2025, expires November 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 60-0190-086 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N7528S 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 N7528S: Accident on April 20, 2000 at Vieques, PR: 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

MIA00LA140Accident on April 20, 2000 at Vieques, PR: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Smith, Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600 · operated under 091

The pilot's improper compensation for wind conditions during approach to landing resulting in the aircraft touching down hard, short of the runway, and receiving substantial damage.

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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 November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data