Single-engine piston

N26963

1979 Grumman/American General AA5A Cheetah

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1979
Serial
AA5A0843
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O-320 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
N26963 LLC (LLC)
Based
Montville, NJ
Registration record

N26963 on the FAA register

Type
1979 Grumman/American General AA5A Cheetah (FAA: Gulfstream AA-5A)
Serial
AA5A0843
Engines
Lycoming O-320 series
Registered owner
N26963 LLC
Montville, NJ
Certificate issued
2026-07-17
Airworthiness date
1979-04-03
Registration expires
2033-07-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, utility
Mode S (hex)
A2A3B2
Mode S (octal)
50521662
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Range (type)
428 nm
Cruise (type)
127 kt
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2033-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-07-17
    Certificate of registration issued as N26963 to the current registrant.
  • 1979-04-03
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, utility)).
  • 1948-05-10
    N26963 previously assigned to a Piper J4A (s/n 971); cancelled.
Overview

About N26963

N26963 is a 1979 Grumman/American General AA5A Cheetah (FAA model AA-5A), serial number AA5A0843. The FAA register lists N26963 LLC as the registrant in Montville, New Jersey. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 17, 2026 and expires on July 31, 2033.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O-320 series engine and 4 seats. Published figures for the type give a cruise speed of about 127 knots and a range of about 428 nm; actual performance depends on configuration, load and conditions. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal, utility), dated April 3, 1979.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N26963.

Cruise
127 kt
Range
428 nm
Takeoff over 50 ft
880 ft
Landing over 50 ft
380 ft
Fuel burn
12 gph

Published figures for the Grumman/American General AA5A Cheetah type. They describe the model, not this airframe's equipment or condition.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N26963.

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.