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N1822M, a Curtiss Wright C-46F
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N1822M

Curtiss Wright C-46F

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesAlaska

N1822M is a Curtiss Wright C-46F, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1945. It has 65 seats. It is registered to Everts Air Fuel INC, a corporation in Fairbanks, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 9, 2013 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for other, dated April 27, 2017.

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Aircraft

Maker
Curtiss Wright
Model
C-46F · all C-46Fs and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Curtiss Wright C-46 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
22521
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (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, 2 motors · P & W R-2800 SERIES · 2000 hp
Seats
65
Year built
1945
Cruising speed
180 mph
Transponder code
A14AC4 (octal 50245304)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
July 9, 2013
Expires
July 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 18, 2023
Airworthiness
RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · OtherFAA certificate purpose code 0 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 27, 2017
FAA region
AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00442620

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Everts Air Fuel INC
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
5525 Airport Industrial Rd
Fairbanks, AK 99709-4470

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

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The public federal record on N1822M, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Everts Air Fuel INC, a corporation, certificate issued July 9, 2013, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 27, 2017, 72 years after the 1945 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]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 22521 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N1822M according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

3 NTSB records under N1822M: Accident on July 16, 2018 at Manley Hot Springs, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 5, 2000 at Port Alsworth, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 21, 1983 at King Salmon, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 3

ANC18CA054Accident on July 16, 2018 at Manley Hot Springs, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Curtiss Wright C46 · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown speed and his decision to land with a tailwind without ensuring that there was adequate runway length for the touchdown.

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ANC01LA009Accident on October 5, 2000 at Port Alsworth, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 22388

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Curtis-Wright C-46F · operated under 125

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance during taxi. A factor associated with the accident was trees.

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ANC83FA080Accident on May 21, 1983 at King Salmon, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Curtiss-Wright C-46F · operated under 125

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data