Twin turboprop

N5LN

1995 Swearingen/Fairchild Metro 23

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1995
Serial
DC878B
Class
Twin turboprop
Engines
2 × Alliedsign TPE331-12UHR
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
M7 Aviation Services LLC (LLC)
Based
Houston, TX
Registration record

N5LN on the FAA register

Type
1995 Swearingen/Fairchild Metro 23 (FAA: Fairchild SA227-DC)
Serial
DC878B
Engines
2 × Alliedsign TPE331-12UHR
Registered owner
M7 Aviation Services LLC
Houston, TX
Certificate issued
2020-07-22
Airworthiness date
2004-01-23
Registration expires
2027-07-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · transport
Mode S (hex)
A63645
Mode S (octal)
51433105
Seats (type)
25
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2020-07-22
    Certificate of registration issued as N5LN to the current registrant.
  • 2004-01-23
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (transport)).
  • 2000-05-01
    N5LN previously assigned to a Mitsubishi Marquise (s/n 799 S.A.); cancelled.
  • 1995
    Manufactured (1995).
Overview

About N5LN

N5LN is a 1995 Swearingen/Fairchild Metro 23 (FAA model SA227-DC), serial number DC878B. The FAA register lists M7 Aviation Services LLC as the registrant in Houston, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 22, 2020 and expires on July 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a twin turboprop, two Alliedsign TPE331-12UHR engines and 25 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (transport), dated January 23, 2004.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N5LN. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1998-11-05 Accident · Rock, KS Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · CHI99FA023
Reported aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 — a different aircraft that carried the N5LN registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: the pilot failed to maintain control of the aircraft and made an improper evaluation of the weather. Additional factors were flying a test flight at night with the icing conditions in the clouds.

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.