Single-engine piston

N31656

Homebuilt YAK-52

Not current (FAA status N) No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
878206
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Status
Not current (FAA status N)
Registered owner
Rubana Inc (Non-citizen corporation)
Based
Santa Monica, CA
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Registration record

N31656 on the FAA register

Type
Homebuilt YAK-52
Serial
878206
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Registered owner
Rubana Inc
Santa Monica, CA
Certificate issued
2024-06-26
Airworthiness date
2006-07-21
Registration expires
2031-06-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A36041
Mode S (octal)
50660101
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Not current (FAA status N)
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-06-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-06-26
    Certificate of registration issued as N31656 to the current registrant.
  • 2006-07-21
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 2003-08-19
    N31656 previously assigned to a Waco VKS-7 (s/n 5278); cancelled.
Overview

About N31656

N31656 is a Homebuilt YAK-52, serial number 878206. The FAA register lists Rubana Inc as the registrant in Santa Monica, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on June 26, 2024 and expires on June 30, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated July 21, 2006.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N31656. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1973-08-26 Accident · Long Beach,Calif, 05 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 2813
Reported aircraft: Waco VKS-7 — a different aircraft that carried the N31656 registration before this airframe.

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.