Single-engine piston

N5238X

1993 Homebuilt Bowers Flybaby 1-A

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1993
Serial
3812
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Continental A&C65 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Fayetteville, TN
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Registration record

N5238X on the FAA register

Type
1993 Homebuilt Bowers Flybaby 1-A
Serial
3812
Engines
Continental A&C65 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Fayetteville, TN
Certificate issued
2025-07-22
Airworthiness date
2026-06-15
Registration expires
2032-07-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A69799
Mode S (octal)
51513631
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-06-15
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 2025-07-22
    Certificate of registration issued as N5238X.
  • 1993
    Manufactured (1993).
Overview

About N5238X

N5238X is a 1993 Homebuilt Bowers Flybaby 1-A, serial number 3812. It is registered to an individual in Fayetteville, Tennessee. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 22, 2025 and expires on July 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Continental A&C65 series engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated June 15, 2026.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N5238X. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1986-08-24 Accident · Lakewood, NJ Damage: Substantial NTSB · NYC86LA217
Reported aircraft: Champion 7ECA — a different aircraft that carried the N5238X registration before this airframe.
1970-07-18 Accident · Wixom,Mich, 22 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 3104
Reported aircraft: Champion 7ECA — a different aircraft that carried the N5238X registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: D OF RWY,INIATED GO-AROUND,HIT TREE 20FT AGL.

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.