Midsize jet

N697TA

1974 Homebuilt F-5E

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1974
Serial
74-1459
Class
Midsize jet
Engines
2 × Ge J85 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Taslo LLC (LLC)
Based
Reno, NV
Registration record

N697TA on the FAA register

Type
1974 Homebuilt F-5E
Serial
74-1459
Engines
2 × Ge J85 series
Registered owner
Taslo LLC
Reno, NV
Certificate issued
2024-02-14
Airworthiness date
2022-07-01
Registration expires
2031-02-28
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A94661
Mode S (octal)
52243141
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
20,000 lb and over
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-02-28
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-02-14
    Certificate of registration issued as N697TA.
  • 2022-07-01
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1974
    Manufactured (1974).
Overview

About N697TA

N697TA is a 1974 Homebuilt F-5E, serial number 74-1459. The FAA register lists Taslo LLC as the registrant in Reno, Nevada. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 14, 2024 and expires on February 28, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a midsize jet, two Ge J85 series engines and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated July 1, 2022.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N697TA.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N697TA.

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.