Single-engine piston

N81089

1977 Grumman/American General AA5B Tiger

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1977
Serial
AA5B0426
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Ffs Air LLC (LLC)
Based
Indianapolis, IN
Registration record

N81089 on the FAA register

Type
1977 Grumman/American General AA5B Tiger (FAA: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B)
Serial
AA5B0426
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Registered owner
Ffs Air LLC
Indianapolis, IN
Certificate issued
2025-09-01
Airworthiness date
1977-02-18
Registration expires
2032-09-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, utility
Mode S (hex)
AB0CEE
Mode S (octal)
52606356
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Range (type)
686 nm
Cruise (type)
139 kt
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-09-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-09-01
    Certificate of registration issued as N81089 to the current registrant.
  • 1977-02-18
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, utility)).
  • 1965-05-21
    N81089 previously assigned to a Cessna 140 (s/n 10383); cancelled.
Overview

About N81089

N81089 is a 1977 Grumman/American General AA5B Tiger (FAA model AA-5B), serial number AA5B0426. The FAA register lists Ffs Air LLC as the registrant in Indianapolis, Indiana. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 1, 2025 and expires on September 30, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O&VO-360 series engine and 4 seats. Published figures for the type give a cruise speed of about 139 knots and a range of about 686 nm; actual performance depends on configuration, load and conditions. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal, utility), dated February 18, 1977.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N81089. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Cruise
139 kt
Range
686 nm
Takeoff over 50 ft
865 ft
Landing over 50 ft
410 ft
Fuel burn
13 gph

Published figures for the Grumman/American General AA5B Tiger type. They describe the model, not this airframe's equipment or condition.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1964-12-05 Accident · New Smyrna Be Fla, 09 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 2 0984
Reported aircraft: Cessna 140 — a different aircraft that carried the N81089 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.