{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1989-02-24","airworthiness_ops":"Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-06-05","city":"BELTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"027","cruise_speed_mph":138,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17032","engine_horsepower":285,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"IO 520 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2032-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-08-15","maker":"Beech","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BEECH","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1151425","mode_s_code":"50157604","mode_s_hex":"A0DF84","model":"F33A","n_number":"N1553A","name":"N1553A LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"PHOENIX","damage":"SUBS","date":"1992-11-13","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"LAX93LA036","probable_cause":"THE DUAL STUDENTS PREMATURE RETRACTION OF THE LANDING GEAR DURING THE TAKEOFF PORTION OF A TOUCH AND GO, AND, THE INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF THE FLIGHT BY THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT.  FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE DEACTIVATION OF THE LANDING GEAR SAFETY SYSTEMS BY THE COMPANY MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AND THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT'S OPERATION OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH KNOWN EQUIPMENT DEFICIENCIES.","registration":"N1553A","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on November 13, 1992 at Phoenix, AZ: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N1553A is a Beech F33A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1989. It has 5 seats. It is registered to N1553A LLC, an LLC in Belton, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 5, 2025 and expires on June 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated February 24, 1989.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to N1553A LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 5, 2025, expires June 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for utility, dated February 24, 1989, consistent with the 1989 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CE-1315 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N1553A was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-20 (serial 20-755, cancelled May 29, 1956). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N1553A: Accident on November 13, 1992 at Phoenix, AZ: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":5,"serial_number":"CE-1315","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"500 N LOOP 121","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00674441","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N1553A","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1989,"zip":"765132423"}