Single-engine piston

N55539

1940 Homebuilt AT12

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1940
Serial
483-38
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
P & W R-1830 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Planes of Fame Air Museum (Corporation)
Based
Chino, CA
Registration record

N55539 on the FAA register

Type
1940 Homebuilt AT12
Serial
483-38
Engines
P & W R-1830 series
Registered owner
Planes of Fame Air Museum
Chino, CA
Certificate issued
2006-03-03
Airworthiness date
1979-07-26
Registration expires
2030-01-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A714E1
Mode S (octal)
51612341
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-01-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2006-03-03
    Certificate of registration issued as N55539.
  • 1979-07-26
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1940
    Manufactured (1940).
Overview

About N55539

N55539 is a 1940 Homebuilt AT12, serial number 483-38. The FAA register lists Planes of Fame Air Museum as the registrant in Chino, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 3, 2006 and expires on January 31, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one P & W R-1830 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated July 26, 1979.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N55539.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N55539.

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.