Single-engine piston

N89JG

Dehavilland DHC-1B-2-S5

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
169-207
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming IO-540-A1A5
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Ghostwriter Airshows LLC (LLC)
Based
Hustonville, KY
 Dehavilland DHC-1B-2-S5
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Registration record

N89JG on the FAA register

Type
Dehavilland DHC-1B-2-S5
Serial
169-207
Engines
Lycoming IO-540-A1A5
Registered owner
Ghostwriter Airshows LLC
Hustonville, KY
Certificate issued
2025-04-22
Airworthiness date
2010-05-10
Registration expires
2032-04-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
AC43CA
Mode S (octal)
53041712
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-04-22
    Certificate of registration issued as N89JG to the current registrant.
  • 2010-05-10
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1997-12-08
    N89JG previously assigned to a Homebuilt Twinstar (s/n 0001); cancelled.
Overview

About N89JG

N89JG is a Dehavilland DHC-1B-2-S5, serial number 169-207. The FAA register lists Ghostwriter Airshows LLC as the registrant in Hustonville, Kentucky. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 22, 2025 and expires on April 30, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming IO-540-A1A5 engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated May 10, 2010.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N89JG. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1995-04-08 Accident · Lakeland, FL Damage: Substantial NTSB · MIA95LA102
Reported aircraft: Garrison Kolb Twinstar — a different aircraft that carried the N89JG registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED RESULTING IN THE INADVERTENT STALL. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS COMPLACENCY BY THE PILOT WHILE ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH TO LAND.

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.