The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of November 6, 2026

Honda CX500

3 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Honda CX500 engine, rated at about 60 horsepower. The Burgess Christopher R SNOBIRD/BURGESS ADVN is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1982 and 1998.

The FAA records engines by code, usually at the level of a series ("O-320 series") rather than the exact variant; this page gathers every FAA code that reads as Honda CX500. FAA spelling: CX500.

Fuel: 100LL avgas.

Fitted to model families

Burgess Christopher R SNOBIRD/BURGESS ADVN1Thunder & Colt AS 1051Thunder & Colt AS-90 AIRSHIP1
Model families, as a table
aircraft
Burgess Christopher R SNOBIRD/BURGESS ADVN1
Thunder & Colt AS 1051
Thunder & Colt AS-90 AIRSHIP1

Burgess Christopher R SNOBIRD/BURGESS ADVN · Thunder & Colt AS 105 · Thunder & Colt AS-90 AIRSHIP

Where they are owner's state

By state, as a table
aircraft
Texas1
South Carolina1
Idaho1

Kind of aircraft

By kind, as a table
aircraftshare
Helicopters133%
Balloons133%
Airships133%

When the aircraft were built by decade

By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19802
19901

Connections how this engine series links to the rest of the register

Where they are
Biggest operators

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/honda-cx500.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 3

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N142RT Thunder & Colt
AS-90 AIRSHIP
Balloon Individual owner
Texas
Experimental 2024-04-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8177B Burgess Christopher R
SNOBIRD/BURGESS ADVN
Rotorcraft Individual owner
South Carolina
Experimental 2017-09-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N81683 Thunder & Colt
AS 105
Blimp or dirigible Aeronautical Adventures INC
Eagle, Idaho
Experimental 2003-04-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), November 6, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.