Single-engine piston

N5483

1980 Homebuilt Sopwith Tri-Plane

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1980
Serial
PPS/REP/9
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
C C Air Corporation (Corporation)
Based
Lancaster, CA
Registration record

N5483 on the FAA register

Type
1980 Homebuilt Sopwith Tri-Plane
Serial
PPS/REP/9
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Registered owner
C C Air Corporation
Lancaster, CA
Certificate issued
1999-06-07
Airworthiness date
2002-04-25
Registration expires
2027-08-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A6F865
Mode S (octal)
51574145
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2002-04-25
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1999-06-07
    Certificate of registration issued as N5483 to the current registrant.
  • 1980
    Manufactured (1980).
  • 1938-09-01
    N5483 previously assigned to a American Eagle A-1 (s/n 178); cancelled.
Overview

About N5483

N5483 is a 1980 Homebuilt Sopwith Tri-Plane, serial number PPS/REP/9. The FAA register lists C C Air Corporation as the registrant in Lancaster, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on June 7, 1999 and expires on August 31, 2027.

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 April 25, 2002.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N5483. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1975-04-27 Accident · Fort Ord,Ca, 05 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 0949
Reported aircraft: Cessna 305A — a different aircraft that carried the N5483 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.