N4553CGulfstream American Corp AA-5B
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Chesapeake, VA
- Certificate issued
- May 31, 2018
- Expires
- May 31, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal, Utility
- Airworthiness date
- Jun 13, 1979
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Gulfstream American Corp
- Model
- AA-5B
- Serial number
- AA5B1202
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 4
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A58773
Engine
- Type
- Reciprocating
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2018 – nowIndividual ownerChesapeake, VA · current
- 1960 – 1964Transportation Corp Of AmericaNew York, NY · different airframe: Douglas Dc-6b S/N 45505
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (2)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Engine fuel and control · float · damagedMar 20, 2000
ENGINE WOULD NOT RUN UNLESS MIXTURE WAS LEANED ALMOST TO IDLE CUT OFF. IT WAS VERY RICH AND WOULD NOT RUN ABOVE 1,500 RPM. FOUND PLASTIC FLOAT TO BE FILLED WITH AVGAS TWO OF THREE CHAMBERS. FLOAT, P/N 30-800, CARBURETOR ASSY DATE, 9-97. (X)
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Engine fuel and control · float · damagedMar 20, 2000
ENGINE WOULD NOT RUN UNLESS MIXTURE WAS LEANED ALMOST TO IDLE CUT-OFF, IT WAS VERY RICH AND WOULD NOT RUN ABOVE 1,500 RPM. FOUND PLASTIC FLOAT FILLED 100 II AVGAS TWO OF THREE CHAMBERS, FLOAT PN 30-800 CARBURETOR ASSY, DATE 9-97. (X)
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026