Single-engine piston

N5518Y

1998 Homebuilt Challenger I

Registered No accidents on file

Built

1998

Serial

0395-0559

Class

Single-engine piston

Engines

Rotax 503 DCDI

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registered owner

Individual · sign in to see

Based

Homer, LA

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Registration record

N5518Y on the FAA register

Type

1998 Homebuilt Challenger I

Serial

0395-0559

Engines

Rotax 503 DCDI

Registered owner

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

Homer, LA

Certificate issued

2023-02-25

Airworthiness date

2007-10-12

Registration expires

2030-02-28

Airworthiness class

Experimental · light-sport

Mode S (hex)

A706A9

Mode S (octal)

51603251

Seats (type)

Weight class

up to 12,499 lb

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registry history

Timeline

2030-02-28
Registration expires (renewal due).
2023-02-25
Certificate of registration issued as N5518Y to the current registrant.
2007-10-12
Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (light-sport)).
1998
Manufactured (1998).
1970-05-06
N5518Y previously assigned to a Piper Turbo Aztec F / Turbo Aztec E / Aztec B (s/n 272583); cancelled.

Overview

About N5518Y

N5518Y is a 1998 Homebuilt Challenger I, serial number 0395-0559. It is registered to an individual in Homer, Louisiana. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 25, 2023 and expires on February 28, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Rotax 503 DCDI engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (light-sport), dated October 12, 2007.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N5518Y.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N5518Y.

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.