Light jet

N5959L

1965 Aero L-29 Delfin

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1965
Serial
0909
Class
Light jet
Engines
P & W JT12A series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Surfs Up Aero LLC (LLC)
Based
Wilmington, DE
What's N5959L worth? Track flights
Registration record

N5959L on the FAA register

Type
1965 Aero L-29 Delfin
Serial
0909
Engines
P & W JT12A series
Registered owner
Surfs Up Aero LLC
Wilmington, DE
Certificate issued
2025-05-04
Airworthiness date
2024-02-07
Registration expires
2032-05-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A7B398
Mode S (octal)
51731630
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-05-04
    Certificate of registration issued as N5959L to the current registrant.
  • 2024-02-07
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1965
    Manufactured (1965).
Overview

About N5959L

N5959L is a 1965 Aero L-29 Delfin, serial number 0909. The FAA register lists Surfs Up Aero LLC as the registrant in Wilmington, Delaware. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 4, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a light jet, one P & W JT12A series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated February 7, 2024.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N5959L. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1980-03-19 Accident · Antioch,Ca, 05 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1395
Reported aircraft: Grumman AA-1 — a different aircraft that carried the N5959L registration before this airframe.
1972-03-26 Accident · Auberry,Calif, 05 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 0143
Reported aircraft: Amer Avco AA-1 — a different aircraft that carried the N5959L registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: 30 MIN CHECKOUT BFOR ACCDT FLT.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

Same model

More Aero L-29 Delfin aircraft

N154MM
1965 Aero L-29 Delfin
N162SB
1965 Aero L-29 Delfin
N179EP
1965 Aero L-29 Delfin
N21KE
1965 Aero L-29 Delfin
N3159Y
1965 Aero L-29 Delfin
N37DG
1965 Aero L-29 Delfin
N43461
1965 Aero L-29 Delfin
N65BR
1965 Aero L-29 Delfin
All 67 Aero L-29 Delfin registrations →
Same state

Other aircraft registered in Delaware

N5945Z
1964 Piper PA-22-108
N5951M
1973 Cessna 310Q
N5953S
1966 Beechcraft A23-19
N595B
2021 Gulfstream G650
N595EX
2007 Gulfstream G550
N595GL
2011 Diamond DA20-C1
All 10,965 aircraft registered in Delaware →
Similar aircraft

Other light jets on the register

  • N139BJ1977 Aero L-39 Albatros
  • N993SF1967 Lockheed F-104S Asa-M
  • N517N1929 Curtiss Robertson Robin J-1
  • N386BB1954 Canadair F-86 MK.5
  • N92JB1957 Canadair T-33
  • N186PJ1958 Canadair F-86E MK.6

Own N5959L?

Get a free valuation, digitize the logbooks, or list it on fyiAero.

Free valuation Logbook transcription

Browse: Aircraft registered in Delaware· Registry by state· FAA registry stats

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.