Aircraft Description
N6153X is a Asap CHINOOK PLUS 2, a single-engine two-cycle piston aircraft registered to Watkins Jonathan Trustee in Florence, OR. This aircraft holds a experimental airworthiness certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on November 18, 2007. The registration certificate was issued on April 5, 2018. The registration is set to expire on April 30, 2028. Powered by a Rotax 503 DCDI engine producing 52 horsepower, N6153X is. The aircraft's Mode S transponder code is A80428 (hex), used for ADS-B identification and flight tracking. The FAA registry record for N6153X was last updated on May 5, 2023. AviatorDB monitors aircraft positions through ADS-B surveillance data and updates records as new position data is received.
The ASAP Chinook was a popular Canadian ultralight aircraft that dominated the kit-built recreational flying market of the 1980s. First flown on December 12, 1982, it was a high-wing, pusher-configuration monoplane available in single-seat WT-11 and two-seat Chinook Plus 2 variants. With removable wings and assembly time under 100 hours, more than 850 examples were completed over three decades of production by multiple manufacturers including Birdman Enterprises and ASAP. AviatorDB tracks 41 Asap aircraft currently registered in the FAA database. The ICAO type designator for this aircraft model is CHIN.
AviatorDB has found no NTSB accident or incident reports involving N6153X. AviatorDB cross-references all FAA registration data with NTSB accident and incident reports, providing a comprehensive safety overview for every registered aircraft in the United States.
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Last updated: 2026-06-15 01:32:20 UTC