Single-engine piston

N5254L

1942 Homebuilt A-24

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1942
Serial
42-60817
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Wright R-1820 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
P51 Mustang LLC (LLC)
Based
Beaverton, OR
Registration record

N5254L on the FAA register

Type
1942 Homebuilt A-24
Serial
42-60817
Engines
Wright R-1820 series
Registered owner
P51 Mustang LLC
Beaverton, OR
Certificate issued
2016-04-21
Airworthiness date
1997-01-22
Registration expires
2029-04-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A69E70
Mode S (octal)
51517160
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2016-04-21
    Certificate of registration issued as N5254L to the current registrant.
  • 1997-01-22
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1974-03-23
    N5254L previously assigned to a Piper Cherokee 180 / Archer / Challenger 180 (s/n 284551); cancelled.
  • 1942
    Manufactured (1942).
Overview

About N5254L

N5254L is a 1942 Homebuilt A-24, serial number 42-60817. The FAA register lists P51 Mustang LLC as the registrant in Beaverton, Oregon. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 21, 2016 and expires on April 30, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Wright R-1820 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated January 22, 1997.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N5254L. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1971-04-08 Accident · Pella,Iowa, 15 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1135
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-28 — a different aircraft that carried the N5254L 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.