Single-engine piston

N15696

1937 Homebuilt 133C

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1937
Serial
1
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming I0360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Truair LLC (LLC)
Based
Chaska, MN
Registration record

N15696 on the FAA register

Type
1937 Homebuilt 133C
Serial
1
Engines
Lycoming I0360 series
Registered owner
Truair LLC
Chaska, MN
Certificate issued
2011-04-18
Airworthiness date
1978-11-17
Registration expires
2030-04-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A0E42B
Mode S (octal)
50162053
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2011-04-18
    Certificate of registration issued as N15696 to the current registrant.
  • 1978-11-17
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1971-11-30
    N15696 previously assigned to a Homebuilt 133 (s/n 42); cancelled.
  • 1937
    Manufactured (1937).
Overview

About N15696

N15696 is a 1937 Homebuilt 133C, serial number 1. The FAA register lists Truair LLC as the registrant in Chaska, Minnesota. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 18, 2011 and expires on April 30, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming I0360 series engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated November 17, 1978.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N15696. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1971-10-17 Accident · Greenville,Nc, 33 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 1969
Reported aircraft: Buecker 133 — a different aircraft that carried the N15696 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: .THEN SNAP UPRIGHT IN L TURN.HIT TREE.NO FUEL ABD.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.