Single-engine piston

N685SE

2017 Homebuilt SE5A

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record
Built
2017
Serial
6851
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Wright HISPANO E
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Tsi Holdco Inc (Corporation)
Based
Virginia Beach, VA
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Registration record

N685SE on the FAA register

Type
2017 Homebuilt SE5A
Serial
6851
Engines
Wright HISPANO E
Registered owner
Tsi Holdco Inc
Virginia Beach, VA
Certificate issued
2024-05-16
Airworthiness date
2017-06-09
Registration expires
2031-05-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A9175F
Mode S (octal)
52213537
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-05-16
    Certificate of registration issued as N685SE.
  • 2017-10-03
    Accident at Virginia Beach, VA; damage: substantial.
  • 2017-06-09
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
Overview

About N685SE

N685SE is a 2017 Homebuilt SE5A, serial number 6851. The FAA register lists Tsi Holdco Inc as the registrant in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 16, 2024 and expires on May 31, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Wright HISPANO E engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated June 9, 2017.

N685SE has 1 accident/incident record on file (most serious damage: substantial); details are below. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2020-02-27 Accident · Kingsbury, TX Damage: Substantial NTSB · CEN20CA105
Reported aircraft: Raf SE5A — a different aircraft that carried the N685SE registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing, and his subsequent loss of directional control, which resulted in a ground loop.
2017-10-03 Accident · Virginia Beach, VA Damage: Substantial Minor injury NTSB · ERA18LA003
Reported aircraft: Freeman Heritage Collection SE5A
Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to an interruption of the normal fuel/air mixture to the engine.

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.