Twin piston

N5CT

Piper Navajo

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
31-8312015
Class
Twin piston
Engines
2
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Bws Industries LLC (LLC)
Based
Lake Forest, CA
Registration record

N5CT on the FAA register

Type
Piper Navajo (FAA: Piper PA-31-310)
Serial
31-8312015
Engines
2
Registered owner
Bws Industries LLC
Lake Forest, CA
Certificate issued
2025-09-20
Airworthiness date
1984-04-06
Registration expires
2032-09-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A63582
Mode S (octal)
51432602
Seats (type)
8
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Range (type)
840 nm
Cruise (type)
215 kt
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-09-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-09-20
    Certificate of registration issued as N5CT to the current registrant.
  • 2002-11-27
    N5CT previously assigned to a Homebuilt Pulsar XP (s/n 1); cancelled.
  • 1990-07-09
    N5CT previously assigned to a Cessna T337G / P337G / Skymaster T-337G (s/n P3370005); cancelled.
  • 1984-04-06
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
Overview

About N5CT

N5CT is a Piper Navajo (FAA model PA-31-310), serial number 31-8312015. The FAA register lists Bws Industries LLC as the registrant in Lake Forest, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 20, 2025 and expires on September 30, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a twin piston and 8 seats. Published figures for the type give a cruise speed of about 215 knots and a range of about 840 nm; actual performance depends on configuration, load and conditions. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated April 6, 1984.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N5CT.

Cruise
215 kt
Range
840 nm
Takeoff over 50 ft
890 ft
Landing over 50 ft
1,115 ft
Fuel burn
34 gph

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Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N5CT.

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.