Single-engine piston

N555XB

1938 DeHavilland DH-82A

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1938
Serial
3852
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Dehav Eng GIPSY MAJOR
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Port Townsend Aero Museum (Corporation)
Based
Port Townsend, WA
Registration record

N555XB on the FAA register

Type
1938 DeHavilland DH-82A (FAA: Dehavilland TIGER MOTH DH 82A)
Serial
3852
Engines
Dehav Eng GIPSY MAJOR
Registered owner
Port Townsend Aero Museum
Port Townsend, WA
Certificate issued
2020-04-17
Airworthiness date
1992-01-13
Registration expires
2030-04-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A7140D
Mode S (octal)
51612015
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2020-04-17
    Certificate of registration issued as N555XB.
  • 1992-01-13
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1938
    Manufactured (1938).
Overview

About N555XB

N555XB is a 1938 DeHavilland DH-82A (FAA model TIGER MOTH DH 82A), serial number 3852. The FAA register lists Port Townsend Aero Museum as the registrant in Port Townsend, Washington. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 17, 2020 and expires on April 30, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Dehav Eng GIPSY MAJOR engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated January 13, 1992.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N555XB.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N555XB.

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.