Single-engine piston

N5537B

Homebuilt Max-Air Drifter

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
9138
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Perkins, OK
Registration record

N5537B on the FAA register

Type
Homebuilt Max-Air Drifter
Serial
9138
Engines
Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Perkins, OK
Certificate issued
2025-07-17
Airworthiness date
1995-03-30
Registration expires
2032-07-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A70DDF
Mode S (octal)
51606737
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-07-17
    Certificate of registration issued as N5537B to the current registrant.
  • 1995-03-30
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1976-05-11
    N5537B previously assigned to a Cessna 182 Skylane (s/n 33537); cancelled.
Overview

About N5537B

N5537B is a Homebuilt Max-Air Drifter, serial number 9138. It is registered to an individual in Perkins, Oklahoma. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 17, 2025 and expires on July 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated March 30, 1995.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N5537B. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1976-03-06 Accident · San Ysidro,Nm, 31 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 0501
Reported aircraft: Cessna 182 — a different aircraft that carried the N5537B registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: EA.
1965-08-04 Accident · Houston Tex, 43 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 2055
Reported aircraft: Cessna 182 — a different aircraft that carried the N5537B 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.