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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B
N81317 is a Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 14, 2024 and expires on November 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated April 29, 1977.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Grumman American Avn. Corp.
- Model
- AA-5B · all AA-5Bs 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. Glued (bonded) aluminium honeycomb rather than rivets. This is how the Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5 Traveler, Cheetah and Tiger 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
- AA5B0495
- 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
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- AB171C (octal 52613434)
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 14, 2024
- Expires
- November 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- November 14, 2024
- 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 · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 29, 1977
- FAA region
- New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00440242
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Chuttani Kabir
- 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
- 33 George St
Plymouth, MA 02360-1409
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N81317 links to the rest of the register
- Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5 Traveler, Cheetah and Tiger 1,286 registered
- Grumman American Avn. Corp. 1,676 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Plymouth, MA 74 aircraft registered in this town
- Plymouth Municipal · PYM
- Massachusetts 2,649 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N81317, 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 Chuttani Kabir, an individual, certificate issued November 14, 2024, expires November 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial AA5B0495 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N81317 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Fairchild 24R-46 (serial R46217, cancelled February 23, 1956). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N81317: Accident on September 19, 2025 at Plymouth, MA: no injuries, minor damage. Accident on February 6, 1984 at Lake Havasu Cit, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman American Avn. CORP. AA-5B · operated under 091
The low wing airplane pilot’s failure to maintain an adequate visual lookout and his decision to activate the portable ADS-B receiver while taxiing, which resulted in a ground collision.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman American AA-5B · operated under 091
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
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data