Single-engine piston

N53RC

1968 Homebuilt S-10

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1968
Serial
117
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Auburn, WA
Registration record

N53RC on the FAA register

Type
1968 Homebuilt S-10
Serial
117
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Auburn, WA
Certificate issued
2010-08-27
Airworthiness date
1979-11-08
Registration expires
2028-04-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A6AF8E
Mode S (octal)
51527616
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2010-08-27
    Certificate of registration issued as N53RC to the current registrant.
  • 1980-06-12
    N53RC previously assigned to a Beechcraft C55 Baron / 95-55 (s/n TE399); cancelled.
  • 1979-11-08
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1968
    Manufactured (1968).
Overview

About N53RC

N53RC is a 1968 Homebuilt S-10, serial number 117. It is registered to an individual in Auburn, Washington. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 27, 2010 and expires on April 30, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O&VO-360 series engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated November 8, 1979.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N53RC. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1980-02-20 Accident · Rock Island,Il, 13 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 1042
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft 95-C55 — a different aircraft that carried the N53RC 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.