- Registered owner
- Direct Flight Inc
- Location
- Vineyard Haven, MA
- Owner type
- Corporation
- Serial number
- TH-1552
- Year built
- 1989
- Type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine
- Reciprocating
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- May 8, 1989
- Certificate issued
- September 18, 1992
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Mode S code
- A718C0
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. The registry lists only the engine series, so ADs for every Continental IO-550 model are included below.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 83
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 1966 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 1972 | 2 |
| 1973 | 3 |
| 1974 | 3 |
| 1975 | 1 |
| 1976 | 1 |
| 1977 | 2 |
| 1978 | 1 |
| 1979 | 1 |
| 1984 | 1 |
| 1987 | 2 |
| 1988 | 5 |
| 1990 | 1 |
| 1991 | 3 |
| 1992 | 1 |
| 1993 | 5 |
| 1994 | 1 |
| 1995 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 1997 | 2 |
| 1998 | 2 |
| 1999 | 2 |
| 2000 | 4 |
| 2001 | 5 |
| 2002 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2007 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 6 |
See all 92 ADs
Information bulletins that may apply · 19
Advisory, not mandatory.
See all 19 bulletins
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N5565DMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Beech 58 aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N5565DMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model. Reports from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Reports on Beech 58 aircraft
Service difficulty reports · 4
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR 2003F00125Vernatherm · maladjustmentOIL TEMP CONTROL VALVE (VERNATHERM) IMPROPERLY ASSEMBLED CREATING CHRONICALLY LOW OIL TEMPERATURES WHICH WERE UNNOTICED IN WARM WEATHER BUT BECAME EVIDENT IN VERY COLD WEATHER. TCM SPEC IS GASKET SURFACE TO BASE OF ADJUSTING NUT TO BE 1.807 +/- .003 INCHES. THSDR 98ZZZX2186Cylinder · crackedSEVENTY HOURS AGO, THIS ENGINE HAD TWO CRACKED CYLINDER HEADS. THE CRACKS WERE IN THE AREA BETWEEN THE TOP SPARK PLUG HOLE AND THE FUEL INJECTOR BOSS. THIS INSPECTION SHOWED ANOTHER CRACK. THE OPPOSITE ENGINE HAD FOUR CRACKED HEADS AT THIS TIME AND ONE CRACSDR 98ZZZX2185Cylinder · crackedSEVENTY HOURS AGO, THIS ENGINE HAD TWO CRACKED CYLINDER HEADS. THE CRACKS WERE IN THE AREA BETWEEN THE TOP SPARK PLUG HOLE AND THE FUEL INJECTOR BOSS. THIS INSPECTION SHOWED ANOTHER CRACK. THE OPPOSITE ENGINE HAD FOUR CRACKED HEADS AT THIS TIME AND ONE CRACSDR 96ZZZX5467Lower Skin · crackedFOUND LOWER SKIN OF LEFT ELEVATOR CRACKED. THE CRACK RADIATES OUT FROM THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE SKIN FORWARD. IT IS ABOUT 4 INCHES LONG. IT STARTS AT THE OUTBOARD CORNER OF THE CUT-OUT FOR THE TRIM TAB.
STCs that may be installed · 390
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
Airframe · Beech 58
STC SA02571SEInstallation of Garmin G500/G600 TXi Integrated Avionics System (Primary Flight Display, Multi-Function Display, and Engine Indicating System Display).STC SA01800SEFabrication and installation of new or replacement of existing instrument panel lights dimmer control.STC SA01861SEFabrication and installation of Landing Light Controller
Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 1
This aircraft carried N5565D before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.