Light jet

N685TC

1968 Homebuilt F-5A

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1968
Serial
1009
Class
Light jet
Engines
2 × Ge J85 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Magnus Caro LLC (LLC)
Based
Alpine, WY
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Registration record

N685TC on the FAA register

Type
1968 Homebuilt F-5A
Serial
1009
Engines
2 × Ge J85 series
Registered owner
Magnus Caro LLC
Alpine, WY
Certificate issued
2025-02-23
Airworthiness date
2008-07-02
Registration expires
2032-02-29
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A91776
Mode S (octal)
52213566
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-02-29
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-02-23
    Certificate of registration issued as N685TC to the current registrant.
  • 2008-07-02
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1968
    Manufactured (1968).
Overview

About N685TC

N685TC is a 1968 Homebuilt F-5A, serial number 1009. The FAA register lists Magnus Caro LLC as the registrant in Alpine, Wyoming. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 23, 2025 and expires on February 29, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a light jet, two Ge J85 series engines and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated July 2, 2008.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N685TC. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1985-12-30 Accident · Perry, OH Damage: Substantial Minor injury NTSB · CHI86FEI01
Reported aircraft: Monnet Moni — a different aircraft that carried the N685TC registration before this airframe.

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.