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 registration is valid: it was issued on April 13, 2011 and expires on April 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 2, 1998.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Grumman
- Model
- G-21A · all G-21As and related versions
- Serial number
- B129
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 2 motors
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 1946
- Cruising speed
- 150 mph
- Transponder code
- A1B729 (octal 50333451)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 13, 2011
- Expires
- April 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · July 2, 1998
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00827231
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- D B Aero INC
- Type
- Corporation
- 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
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
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.
Valid registration to D B Aero INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 13, 2011, expires April 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA08LA048 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC02LA052 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data