Single-engine piston

N53DB

2025 Homebuilt MRV-4

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2025
Serial
001
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming IO-540-EXP
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Bakersfield, CA
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Registration record

N53DB on the FAA register

Type
2025 Homebuilt MRV-4
Serial
001
Engines
Lycoming IO-540-EXP
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Bakersfield, CA
Certificate issued
2024-04-22
Airworthiness date
2025-02-24
Registration expires
2031-04-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A6AE61
Mode S (octal)
51527141
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-02-24
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 2024-04-22
    Certificate of registration issued as N53DB to the current registrant.
  • 2013-09-30
    N53DB previously assigned to a Homebuilt Acro Sport 1 (s/n 90401); cancelled.
  • 2006-10-05
    N53DB previously assigned to a Homebuilt Lancair 320 (s/n 291); cancelled.
Overview

About N53DB

N53DB is a 2025 Homebuilt MRV-4, serial number 001. It is registered to an individual in Bakersfield, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 22, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming IO-540-EXP engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated February 24, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N53DB. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2010-10-11 Accident · Fowlerville, MI Damage: Substantial Serious injury NTSB · CEN11LA014
Reported aircraft: Drake Ronald A Acro Sport 1 — a different aircraft that carried the N53DB registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control during a go-around maneuver following a bounced landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's limited experience in the make and model airplane.

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.