Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 7, 2026

Universal VELIE M5

9 aircraft on the U.S. register carry an Universal VELIE M5 engine, rated at about 65 horsepower. The Universal Moulded Products MONOCOUPE 70 is the model most often fitted with it (3 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1928 and 1975.

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 Universal VELIE M5. FAA spelling: VELIE M5.

Fitted to model families

Universal Moulded Products MONOCOUPE 703Franklin A1Harrison VP-11Monocoupe 701Monocoupe MONOPREP1Star CAVALIER D1Universal Moulded Products MONOCOUPE 1131

Universal Moulded Products MONOCOUPE 70 · Franklin A · Harrison VP-1 · Monocoupe 70 · Monocoupe MONOPREP · Star CAVALIER D · Universal Moulded Products MONOCOUPE 113

Where they are owner's state

Pennsylvania3Wisconsin1Texas1Oregon1North Carolina1Illinois1California1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles9 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Universal VELIE M5 the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (ATC 4, held by Universal Moulded Aircraft Corporation). No FAA order in the current files names this engine series.

Certificates and bulletins

ATC 4Type certificate held by Universal Moulded Aircraft Corporation · 1 model listed · revised July 15, 1938

Sources: the FAA's type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, supplemental type certificates, special conditions and special airworthiness information bulletins (Dynamic Regulatory System), and the FAA's service difficulty reports. A failure report is what an operator or repair station chose to file; the counts show reporting as much as reliability, and larger and commercial fleets report more. How the systems are grouped.

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

Where they are

Pennsylvania 3 of these aircraft
Wisconsin 1 of these aircraft
Texas 1 of these aircraft
Oregon 1 of these aircraft
North Carolina 1 of these aircraft

Biggest operators

Golden Age Air Museum 2 of these aircraft
Western Antique Aeroplane And Automobile Museum 1 of these aircraft
Alfred & Lois Kelch Aviation Museum INC 1 of these aircraft

Analytics

These connections as data: /graph/engine/universal-velie-m5.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 9

Tail no.	Maker and model	Group	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N6558	Monocoupe 70	Fixed-wing, single engine	Metropolitan Airport Authority Moline, Illinois	Standard	2023-03-08	Valid
N31N	Star CAVALIER D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2019-11-05	Valid
N179K	Monocoupe MONOPREP	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	None on file	2018-07-11	Valid
N800HB	Universal Moulded Products MONOCOUPE 70	Fixed-wing, single engine	Alfred & Lois Kelch Aviation Museum INC Brodhead, Wisconsin	Standard	2015-07-16	Valid
N6753	Universal Moulded Products MONOCOUPE 70	Fixed-wing, single engine	Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum Hood River, Oregon	Standard	2012-09-14	Valid
N8LH	Harrison VP-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Experimental	2011-09-23	Valid
N10147	Franklin A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Golden Age Air Museum Bethel, Pennsylvania	Standard	2010-07-06	Valid
N6731	Universal Moulded Products MONOCOUPE 70	Fixed-wing, single engine	Golden Age Air Museum Bethel, Pennsylvania	Standard	2007-11-30	Valid
N5874	Universal Moulded Products MONOCOUPE 113	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1982-01-30	Valid

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 7, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.