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American AA-5 · Glen Burnie, MD
N5868L is an American AA-5 (serial AA5-0068), registered to Engineering Forensics Inc (corporation) in Glen Burnie, MD. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires January 2030; the airworthiness certificate dates from April 1972 (54 years ago). It carries a Lycoming 0-320 SERIES engine rated at 180 hp, the engine on 93% of registered American AA-5s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A78FAD. It is one of 127 American AA-5 aircraft on the FAA registry. Engineering Forensics Inc holds 2 aircraft on the registry.
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112 of the 120 registered American AA-5 carry this engine (93%), across 2 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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