Single-engine piston

N56920

2004 Homebuilt Firestar II

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2004
Serial
F1247
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Rotax 503 DCDI
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Summit, MS
Registration record

N56920 on the FAA register

Type
2004 Homebuilt Firestar II
Serial
F1247
Engines
Rotax 503 DCDI
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Summit, MS
Certificate issued
2011-07-12
Airworthiness date
2008-11-14
Registration expires
2027-07-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · light-sport
Mode S (hex)
A74B10
Mode S (octal)
51645420
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2011-07-12
    Certificate of registration issued as N56920 to the current registrant.
  • 2008-11-14
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (light-sport)).
  • 2004-05-11
    N56920 previously assigned to a Boeing/Stearman A75 N1 / PT-17 Kaydet / A75L-3 (s/n 75-635); cancelled.
Overview

About N56920

N56920 is a 2004 Homebuilt Firestar II, serial number F1247. It is registered to an individual in Summit, Mississippi. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 12, 2011 and expires on July 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Rotax 503 DCDI engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (light-sport), dated November 14, 2008.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N56920. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2001-07-24 Accident · Anniston, AL Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · ATL01FA093
Reported aircraft: Boeing Stearman PT-17 — a different aircraft that carried the N56920 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The inadvertent activation of the flight control gust locks by the pilot rated passenger that resulted in the loss of control inflight. Contributing was the pilot in commands failure to follow the airplane's pre-flight inspection check list.

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.