Single-engine piston

N53SW

Homebuilt Glasair FT SPR II-S

Registered No accidents on file

Built

—

Serial

2382

Class

Single-engine piston

Engines

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registered owner

Individual · sign in to see

Based

Humboldt, TN

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Registration record

N53SW on the FAA register

Type

Homebuilt Glasair FT SPR II-S

Serial

2382

Engines

Registered owner

Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in

Humboldt, TN

Certificate issued

2003-12-17

Airworthiness date

—

Registration expires

2029-02-28

Airworthiness class

—

Mode S (hex)

A6AFB9

Mode S (octal)

51527671

Seats (type)

Weight class

up to 12,499 lb

Kit

Stoddard Hamilton GLASAIR II SUPER FT

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registry history

Timeline

2029-02-28
Registration expires (renewal due).
2003-12-17
Certificate of registration issued as N53SW to the current registrant.
1999-04-02
N53SW previously assigned to a Boeing 737-2H4 (s/n 21534); cancelled.

Overview

About N53SW

N53SW is a Homebuilt Glasair FT SPR II-S, serial number 2382. It is registered to an individual in Humboldt, Tennessee. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 17, 2003 and expires on February 28, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston and 2 seats.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N53SW. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1996-07-08 Accident · Nashville, TN Damage: Minor Serious injury NTSB · ATL96FA101

Reported aircraft: Boeing 737-200 — a different aircraft that carried the N53SW registration before this airframe.

Probable cause: the captain's improper rejected takeoff, in that the takeoff was rejected after V1, and the flight attendants' improper use of the evacuation procedure, in that an evacuation was independently initiated without the captain's approval, and without assessing the condition and location of the fire. Factors related to the accident were: bird ingestion in the left engine near lift-off speed during the takeoff roll, and company's inadequate Crew Resource Management (CRM) training for flight attendants.

1994-01-19 Incident · Little Rock, AR Damage: Minor NTSB · FTW94IA070

Reported aircraft: Boeing 737-2H4 — a different aircraft that carried the N53SW registration before this airframe.

Probable cause: WAS THE LANDING GEAR SEPARATION DUE TO AN UNDETERMINED CAUSE.

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.