Midsize jet

N653TA

1978 Homebuilt F-5E

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1978
Serial
78-0794
Class
Midsize jet
Engines
2 × Ge J85-21C
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Tactical Air Support Inc (Corporation)
Based
Reno, NV
Registration record

N653TA on the FAA register

Type
1978 Homebuilt F-5E
Serial
78-0794
Engines
2 × Ge J85-21C
Registered owner
Tactical Air Support Inc
Reno, NV
Certificate issued
2017-08-03
Airworthiness date
2025-06-20
Registration expires
2027-08-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A89989
Mode S (octal)
52114611
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
20,000 lb and over
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-06-20
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 2017-08-03
    Certificate of registration issued as N653TA.
  • 1978
    Manufactured (1978).
Overview

About N653TA

N653TA is a 1978 Homebuilt F-5E, serial number 78-0794. The FAA register lists Tactical Air Support Inc as the registrant in Reno, Nevada. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 3, 2017 and expires on August 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a midsize jet, two Ge J85-21C engines and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated June 20, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N653TA.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N653TA.

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.