Single-engine piston

N4551Y

1979 Grumman/American General AA5B Tiger

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1979
Serial
AA5B1195
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
1
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Big Pine, CA
Registration record

N4551Y on the FAA register

Type
1979 Grumman/American General AA5B Tiger (FAA: Gulfstream AA-5B)
Serial
AA5B1195
Engines
1
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Big Pine, CA
Certificate issued
1995-08-26
Airworthiness date
1979-06-11
Registration expires
2028-01-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, utility
Mode S (hex)
A58741
Mode S (octal)
51303501
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

  • 2028-01-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 1995-08-26
    Certificate of registration issued as N4551Y to the current registrant.
  • 1979-06-11
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, utility)).
  • 1970-12-29
    N4551Y previously assigned to a Piper PA-25-235 (s/n 25-4204); cancelled.
Overview

About N4551Y

N4551Y is a 1979 Grumman/American General AA5B Tiger (FAA model AA-5B), serial number AA5B1195. It is registered to an individual in Big Pine, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 26, 1995 and expires on January 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston 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 June 11, 1979.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N4551Y. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

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

Published figures for the Grumman/American General AA5B Tiger type. They describe the model, not this airframe's equipment or condition.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1967-05-08 Accident · Cheswold,Del, 08 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 1462
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-25 — a different aircraft that carried the N4551Y 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.