Midsize jet

N550TA

1975 Homebuilt F-5E

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1975
Serial
75-0497
Class
Midsize jet
Engines
2 × Ge J85-21C
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Tactical Air Support Inc (Corporation)
Based
Reno, NV
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Registration record

N550TA on the FAA register

Type
1975 Homebuilt F-5E
Serial
75-0497
Engines
2 × Ge J85-21C
Registered owner
Tactical Air Support Inc
Reno, NV
Certificate issued
2017-08-03
Airworthiness date
2025-02-18
Registration expires
2027-08-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A70115
Mode S (octal)
51600425
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
20,000 lb and over
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-02-18
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 2017-08-03
    Certificate of registration issued as N550TA.
  • 1975
    Manufactured (1975).
Overview

About N550TA

N550TA is a 1975 Homebuilt F-5E, serial number 75-0497. The FAA register lists Tactical Air Support Inc as the registrant in Reno, Nevada. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 3, 2017 and expires on August 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a midsize jet, two Ge J85-21C engines and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated February 18, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N550TA. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1989-12-17 Accident · Cincinnati, OH Damage: Substantial Fatal injury NTSB · ATL90FA040B
Reported aircraft: Enstrom F-28 — a different aircraft that carried the N550TA registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE CESSNA PILOT TO REMAIN CLEAR OF THE HELICOPTER AFTER EXPERIENCING A PARTIAL POWER LOSS.

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.