# N538: 2007 Dickenson BATHTUB

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Dickenson BATHTUB](https://openairdocs.org/model/dickenson-bathtub) (registry code 056199R, 1 seats)
- Engine: [Heath Avn B4](https://openairdocs.org/engine/heath-avn-b4) (registry code 32501)
- Data sheets: [TCDS Group 4-3](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/Group%204-3) (Heath Aviation Company) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 101
- Year built: 2007
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: August 31, 2007
- Certificate issued: January 22, 2010
- Expires: April 30, 2029
- Mode S code: A6CE24
- Registered owner: [Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WESTERN%20ANTIQUE%20AEROPLANE%20%26%20AUTOMOBILE%20MUSEUM)
- Location: [Hood River, OR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OR/Hood%20River)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 45.6068° N, 121.6023° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 97031, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=538
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N538

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Dickenson BATHTUB)

None in force.

### Matched by engine (Heath Avn B4)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI08LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA123), May 5, 2008: Dickenson Bathtub (N538), Broadhead, WI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20080505835559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080505835559A), May 5, 2008: Dicken BATHTUB (N538), Brodhead, WI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On may 5, 2008, at approximately 1700 cdlt the pilot of an amateur built aircraft, dickerson Bathtub, on final approach to runway 03 at broadhead…

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs) (1)

Approved for this aircraft's airframe or engine model, in force first, then newest. The registry doesn't record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.

### Approved for the engine (Heath Avn B4)

- [STC SE04651CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SE04651CH): To allow use of l00R grade aviation fuel meeting Swift Fuel, LLC specification SPEC-l00R-22. Swift Fuels LLC

## Earlier aircraft with N538

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N538 before.

- [Cancelled 1991-05-29](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N538-1991-05-29): Rockwell International 112B, S/N 538. Exported to Turkey. Owner: [Aeronautical Systems Corporation](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AERONAUTICAL%20SYSTEMS%20CORPORATION), [Bethany, OK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OK/Bethany)
- [Cancelled 1962-02-01](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N538-1962-02-01): Sud SE3130 ALOUETTE II, S/N 158. Exported to Sweden. Owner: [Petroleum Helicopters Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PETROLEUM%20HELICOPTERS%20INC), [New Orleans, LA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/LA/New%20Orleans)
- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N538-undated): Smith Melville G KR-2, S/N 1. Triennial form not returned

## Related

- Other Dickenson BATHTUB aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/dickenson-bathtub/aircraft.md
- The Heath Avn B4 engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/heath-avn-b4.md

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