Single-engine piston

N52896

1992 Homebuilt YAK-55M

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1992
Serial
920504
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Whiskey Bend Holdings LLC (LLC)
Based
Helena, MT
What's N52896 worth? Track flights
Registration record

N52896 on the FAA register

Type
1992 Homebuilt YAK-55M
Serial
920504
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Registered owner
Whiskey Bend Holdings LLC
Helena, MT
Certificate issued
2025-06-03
Airworthiness date
1994-10-13
Registration expires
2032-06-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A6AA58
Mode S (octal)
51525130
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-06-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-06-03
    Certificate of registration issued as N52896 to the current registrant.
  • 1994-10-13
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1992
    Manufactured (1992).
  • 1989-11-14
    N52896 previously assigned to a Cessna 172P Skyhawk (s/n 17274631); cancelled.
  • 1955-10-21
    N52896 previously assigned to a Cessna T-50 (s/n 3528); cancelled.
Overview

About N52896

N52896 is a 1992 Homebuilt YAK-55M, serial number 920504. The FAA register lists Whiskey Bend Holdings LLC as the registrant in Helena, Montana. The current certificate of registration was issued on June 3, 2025 and expires on June 30, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated October 13, 1994.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N52896. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1989-07-22 Accident · Cincinnati, OH Damage: Substantial NTSB · ATL89LA183
Reported aircraft: Cessna 172P — a different aircraft that carried the N52896 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER GO-AROUND PROCEDURE OF FULLY RETRACTING THE FLAPS WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRPLANE MUSHING INTO TREES. CONTRIBUTING FACTOR(S) WAS: A MISJUDGEMENT OF FLARE HEIGHT ABOVE THE RUNWAY AND FAILURE TO REMOVE THE CARBURETOR HEAT WHICH MAY HAVE PREVENTED THE AVAILABILITY OF FULL POWER.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

Same model

More Homebuilt YAK-55M aircraft

N17YK
1992 Homebuilt YAK-55M
N191YK
1992 Homebuilt YAK-55M
N307GS
1992 Homebuilt YAK-55M
N55MY
1992 Homebuilt YAK-55M
N55XK
1992 Homebuilt YAK-55M
N55XZ
1992 Homebuilt YAK-55M
N55YA
1992 Homebuilt YAK-55M
N55ZX
1992 Homebuilt YAK-55M
All 36 Homebuilt YAK-55M registrations →
Same state

Other aircraft registered in Montana

N527TB
1998 Piper Jetprop
N5282K
Cessna 172P Skyhawk
N52866
1974 Cessna 182P Skylane
N528MB
Air Tractor AT-802A
N528MX
2005 Hawker 800XP
N52981
1974 Cessna 182P Skylane
All 6,049 aircraft registered in Montana →
Similar aircraft

Other single-engine pistons on the register

  • N950852000 Taylorcraft BC-12D
  • N8160A1980 Piper Cherokee 6/300
  • N109BA1992 Beechcraft F33A Bonanza
  • N103TX2001 Cessna 182T Skylane
  • N1107H1977 Piper Warrior
  • N614871983 Beechcraft V35B Bonanza
More from Yakovlev

Yakovlev models on the register

Own N52896?

Get a free valuation, digitize the logbooks, or list it on fyiAero.

Free valuation Logbook transcription

Browse: Aircraft registered in Montana· Registry by state· FAA registry stats

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.