# N5483: 1980 Personal Plane Services SOPWITH TRI-PLANE

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Personal Plane Services SOPWITH TRI-PLANE](https://openairdocs.org/model/personal-plane-services-sopwith-tri-plane) (registry code 0566196, 1 seats)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Serial number: PPS/REP/9
- Year built: 1980
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, exhibition
- Airworthiness date: April 25, 2002
- Certificate issued: June 7, 1999
- Expires: August 31, 2027
- Mode S code: A6F865
- Registered owner: [C C Air Corporation](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/C%20C%20AIR%20CORPORATION)
- Location: [Lancaster, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Lancaster)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 34.7377° N, 118.3874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 93536, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5483
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5483

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 (Personal Plane Services SOPWITH TRI-PLANE)

None in force.

### Matched by engine (Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N5483.

## NTSB investigations on N5483 not matched to an aircraft (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 OAK75DVM28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75DVM28), Apr 27, 1975: Cessna 305A (N5483), Fort Ord, CA, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N5483.

## Reports on N5483 not matched to an aircraft (1)

They name N5483, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [Accident 19750427009419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750427009419A), Apr 27, 1975: Cessna O1A (N5483), Fort Ord, CA, Substantial damage. Small engine fire extinguished by plt.

## 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)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N5483

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N5483 before.

- [Cancelled 1938-09-01](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5483-1938-09-01): American Eagle A-1, S/N 178. Owner: [Strickland Leo](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/STRICKLAND%20LEO), [Alva, OK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OK/Alva)

## Related

- Other Personal Plane Services SOPWITH TRI-PLANE aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/personal-plane-services-sopwith-tri-plane/aircraft.md
- The Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng.md

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