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Grumman G-21A
N21A is a Grumman G-21A, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 8 seats. It is registered to D B Aero INC, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The FAA lists the registration as "first notice for registration renewal" (certificate issued April 13, 2011). It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 2, 1998.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Grumman
- Model
- G-21A · all G-21As 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 Grumman G-21 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
- B129
- 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
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 1946
- Cruising speed
- 150 mph
- Transponder code
- A1B729 (octal 50333451)
Registration
- Status
- First notice for registration renewalFAA registration status code 25 (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 13, 2011
- Expires
- April 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 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 · July 2, 1998
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00827231
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- D B Aero 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
- 3511 Silverside Rd Ste 105
Wilmington, DE 19810-4902
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
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 N21A links to the rest of the register
- Grumman G-21 35 registered
- Grumman 443 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- D B Aero INC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Wilmington, DE 7,377 aircraft registered in this town
- New Castle Airport · ILG
- Delaware 10,967 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Grumman G-21 10 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Grumman G-21 40 supplemental type certificates
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N21A.json.
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The public federal record on N21A, 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.
Registration status is "First notice for registration renewal". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 2, 1998, 52 years after the 1946 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 B129 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N21A was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Andrew KR-1 (serial 001GA, cancelled January 15, 1999); Goodyear Aircraft Corp L (serial L11, cancelled November 23, 1970). 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]
2 NTSB records under N21A: Accident on January 29, 2008 at Marathon, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 17, 2002 at Northway, AK: 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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G-21A · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during a water landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G-21 · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during the landing roll, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop/swerve. A factor associated with the accident was a crosswind.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data