{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1973-05-09","airworthiness_ops":"Normal; Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2024-05-22","city":"BRENHAM","country_code":"US","county_code":"477","cruise_speed_mph":105,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41508","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-320 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2031-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-05-22","maker":"Grumman American Avn. Corp.","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"GRUMMAN AMERICAN AVN. CORP.","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"3960104","mode_s_code":"51566342","mode_s_hex":"A6ECE2","model":"AA-5","n_number":"N5450L","name":"NORMAN CRAIG GENTRY","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Pearland","damage":"SUBS","date":"2024-12-11","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN25LA059","probable_cause":"The AA-5 pilot\u2019s failure to maintain separation from the 182T during approach and landing, which resulted in a ground collision during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the AA-5\u2019s electrical system, which prevented the AA-5 pilot from communicating with other aircraft in the traffic pattern, and the AA-5 pilot\u2019s poor judgment that the electrical system failure required an expedited landing when a preceding airplane occupied the runway.","registration":"N5450L","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on December 11, 2024 at Pearland, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N5450L is a Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1973. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Brenham, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 22, 2024 and expires on May 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated May 9, 1973.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Norman Craig Gentry, an individual, certificate issued May 22, 2024, expires May 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated May 9, 1973, consistent with the 1973 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial AA5-0350 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N5450L according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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 N5450L: Accident on December 11, 2024 at Pearland, TX: no 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":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":4,"serial_number":"AA5-0350","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"413 W MAIN ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00743175","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N5450L","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1973,"zip":"778333673"}