Twin piston

N5VB

1980 Beechcraft E55 Baron

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1980
Serial
TE-1179
Class
Twin piston
Engines
2 × Continental IO 520 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Custom Fire Apparatus Inc (Corporation)
Based
Osceola, WI
Registration record

N5VB on the FAA register

Type
1980 Beechcraft E55 Baron (FAA: Beechcraft E-55)
Serial
TE-1179
Engines
2 × Continental IO 520 series
Registered owner
Custom Fire Apparatus Inc
Osceola, WI
Certificate issued
2025-01-27
Airworthiness date
1983-08-25
Registration expires
2032-01-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A6371B
Mode S (octal)
51433433
Seats (type)
6
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Range (type)
934 nm
Cruise (type)
195 kt
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-01-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-01-27
    Certificate of registration issued as N5VB to the current registrant.
  • 1983-08-25
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1980
    Manufactured (1980).
  • 1977-11-01
    N5VB previously assigned to a Bellanca Citabria 7GCBC (s/n 420-73); cancelled.
Overview

About N5VB

N5VB is a 1980 Beechcraft E55 Baron (FAA model E-55), serial number TE-1179. The FAA register lists Custom Fire Apparatus Inc as the registrant in Osceola, Wisconsin. The current certificate of registration was issued on January 27, 2025 and expires on January 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a twin piston, two Continental IO 520 series engines and 6 seats. Published figures for the type give a cruise speed of about 195 knots and a range of about 934 nm; actual performance depends on configuration, load and conditions. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated August 25, 1983.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N5VB. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Cruise
195 kt
Range
934 nm
Power / thrust (each)
285
Takeoff over 50 ft
968 ft
Landing over 50 ft
1,414 ft
Fuel burn
31 gph

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Safety record

Accident & incident history

1976-09-14 Accident · Missing Aircraft, 02 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 3847
Reported aircraft: Bellanca 7GCBC — a different aircraft that carried the N5VB registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: AST TRANSMISSION WAS AT 2155ADT.
1975-08-23 Accident · Soldotna,Ak, 02 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 3708
Reported aircraft: Champion 7GCBC — a different aircraft that carried the N5VB registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: EERED TO L.

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.