Single-engine piston

N28839

1978 Grumman/American General AA5B Tiger

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1978
Serial
AA5B0846
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Turgeon Douglas + 1 co-owner (Partnership)
Based
Anderson, SC
Registration record

N28839 on the FAA register

Type
1978 Grumman/American General AA5B Tiger (FAA: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B)
Serial
AA5B0846
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Registered owner
Turgeon Douglas + 1 co-owner
Anderson, SC
Certificate issued
2024-04-24
Airworthiness date
1978-08-04
Registration expires
2031-04-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, utility
Mode S (hex)
A2EE96
Mode S (octal)
50567226
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Range (type)
686 nm
Cruise (type)
139 kt
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-04-24
    Certificate of registration issued as N28839 to the current registrant.
  • 1978-08-04
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, utility)).
  • 1959-07-22
    N28839 previously assigned to a Luscombe 8C (s/n 1581); cancelled.
Overview

About N28839

N28839 is a 1978 Grumman/American General AA5B Tiger (FAA model AA-5B), serial number AA5B0846. The FAA register lists Turgeon Douglas + 1 co-owner as the registrant in Anderson, South Carolina. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 24, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O&VO-360 series engine and 4 seats. Published figures for the type give a cruise speed of about 139 knots and a range of about 686 nm; actual performance depends on configuration, load and conditions. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal, utility), dated August 4, 1978.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N28839.

Cruise
139 kt
Range
686 nm
Takeoff over 50 ft
865 ft
Landing over 50 ft
410 ft
Fuel burn
13 gph

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Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N28839.

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.