Single-engine piston

N5597M

1980 Swanson Carl R/Swanson Aero Nieuport 27

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1980
Serial
S-8
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Gnome ROTARY
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Windward Aviation Inc (Corporation)
Based
Seatle, WA
Registration record

N5597M on the FAA register

Type
1980 Swanson Carl R/Swanson Aero Nieuport 27
Serial
S-8
Engines
Gnome ROTARY
Registered owner
Windward Aviation Inc
Seatle, WA
Certificate issued
1981-01-26
Airworthiness date
1980-09-09
Registration expires
2029-04-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A72433
Mode S (octal)
51622063
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 1981-01-26
    Certificate of registration issued as N5597M.
  • 1980-09-09
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
Overview

About N5597M

N5597M is a 1980 Swanson Carl R/Swanson Aero Nieuport 27, serial number S-8. The FAA register lists Windward Aviation Inc as the registrant in Seatle, Washington. The current certificate of registration was issued on January 26, 1981 and expires on April 30, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Gnome ROTARY engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated September 9, 1980.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N5597M.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N5597M.

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.