North American T-28A
N212DP is a North American T-28A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1949. It has 2 seats. It is registered to American Flight Museum INC, a corporation in Topeka, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 7, 2023 and expires on August 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated August 3, 2009.
Where is it now Last seen October 16 at 5:56 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- North American
- Model
- T-28A · all T-28As 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 T-28 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
- 49-1616
- 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 · Wright R-1300 SER · 700 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1949
- Cruising speed
- 208 mph
- Transponder code
- A1C149 (octal 50340511)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 7, 2023
- Expires
- August 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- August 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 3, 2009
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00770934
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- American Flight Museum 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
- 6804 SE Ross St
Topeka, KS 66619
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 2
Connections how N212DP links to the rest of the register
- North American T-28 206 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
- Wright R-1300 series 27 aircraft with this engine series · 700 hp
- Type certificate 1A18 · held by The Boeing Company
- American Flight Museum INC 4 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Topeka, KS 136 aircraft registered in this town
- Philip Billard Municipal · TOP
- Topeka Regional · FOE
- Kansas 5,731 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the North American T-28 6 supplemental type certificates
- Where N212DP is now · Last seen October 16 at 5:56 pm.
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The public federal record on N212DP, 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 American Flight Museum INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 7, 2023, expires August 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 3, 2009, 60 years after the 1949 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 49-1616 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N212DP was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Stewart John D EXEC 162F (serial D2000, cancelled August 12, 2003); Cameron Balloons V-56 (serial 450, cancelled March 15, 1989). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
1 NTSB record under N212DP: Accident on May 15, 2003 at Longview, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rotorway Exec 162F · operated under 091
The failure of the engine ignition system for undetermined reasons resulting in a loss of engine power. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for an auto rotational landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data