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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 12, 2026North American SNJ-5
N12KY is a North American SNJ-5, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1943. It has 2 seats. It is registered to North American War Bird LLC, an LLC in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 13, 1999 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 25, 1964.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- North American
- Model
- SNJ-5 · all SNJ-5s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the North American SNJ-5 Texan (Navy) family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 90995
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · P&W R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1943
- Cruising speed
- 141 mph
- Transponder code
- A05251 (octal 50051121)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 13, 1999
- Expires
- April 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 25, 1964
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00003721
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- North American War Bird LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 251 Little Falls Dr
Wilmington, DE 19808-1674
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N12KY links to the rest of the register
- North American SNJ-5 Texan (Navy) 136 registered
- North American 1,297 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Pratt & Whitney R1340 series 1,229 aircraft with this engine series · 600 hp
- North American War Bird LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Wilmington, DE 7,369 aircraft registered in this town
- New Castle Airport · ILG
- Delaware 10,958 aircraft registered
- Failure reports filed on the North American SNJ-5 Texan (Navy) 2 reports since 1995
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney R1340 series 58 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N12KY.json.
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The public federal record on N12KY, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to North American War Bird LLC, an LLC, certificate issued January 13, 1999, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 25, 1964, 21 years after the 1943 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 90995 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N12KY according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
2 NTSB records under N12KY: Accident on May 5, 2008 at Wolcott, CO: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 13, 2007 at Pueblo, CO: no injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: North American SNJ-5 · operated under 091
The failure of the engine driven fuel pump flange due to oil starvation, resulting in the loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the accident was the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: North American SNJ-5 · operated under 091
The pilot of the North American SNJ-5 warbird's inadequate visual lookout while taxiing, resulting in an on-ground collision with the stationary Grob motor glider.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data