Single-engine turboprop

N5530T

2009 Airplane Factory Speedstar 850

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2009
Serial
001
Class
Single-engine turboprop
Engines
Garrett TPE331-6
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Speedster LLC (LLC)
Based
Kalispell, MT
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Registration record

N5530T on the FAA register

Type
2009 Airplane Factory Speedstar 850
Serial
001
Engines
Garrett TPE331-6
Registered owner
Speedster LLC
Kalispell, MT
Certificate issued
2022-04-26
Airworthiness date
2012-03-09
Registration expires
2029-04-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A70CFA
Mode S (octal)
51606372
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2022-04-26
    Certificate of registration issued as N5530T to the current registrant.
  • 2012-03-09
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 2009
    Manufactured (2009).
  • 2005-08-22
    N5530T previously assigned to a Cessna 172 Skyhawk (s/n 17251430); cancelled.
Overview

About N5530T

N5530T is a 2009 Airplane Factory Speedstar 850, serial number 001. The FAA register lists Speedster LLC as the registrant in Kalispell, Montana. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 26, 2022 and expires on April 30, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine turboprop, one Garrett TPE331-6 engine and 4 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated March 9, 2012.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N5530T. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2001-05-05 Accident · Soldotna, AK Damage: Substantial Serious injury NTSB · ANC01LA054
Reported aircraft: Cessna 172 — a different aircraft that carried the N5530T registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot's failure to refuel the airplane, and subsequent fuel exhaustion. A factor in the accident was an inadvertent stall during an emergency descent/landing.
1987-08-20 Accident · Clear, AK Damage: Substantial NTSB · ANC87LA126
Reported aircraft: Cessna 172 — a different aircraft that carried the N5530T 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.