North American T-28B
N228MC is a North American T-28B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1955. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Wildcat Fm-2 INC Trustee, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 13, 2021 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated April 26, 2017.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- North American
- Model
- T-28B · all T-28Bs 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
- 138301
- 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-1820-86 · 1425 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1955
- Cruising speed
- 208 mph
- Transponder code
- A1FFCF (octal 50377717)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 13, 2021
- Expires
- May 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 12, 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 · April 26, 2017
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00095052
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wildcat Fm-2 INC Trustee
- 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
- 1013 Centre Rd Ste 403-A
Wilmington, DE 19805-1270
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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 1
Connections how N228MC 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-1820-86 22 aircraft with this engine series · 1425 hp
- Wildcat Fm-2 INC Trustee 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Wilmington, DE 7,374 aircraft registered in this town
- New Castle Airport · ILG
- Delaware 10,962 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the North American T-28 6 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N228MC, 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 Wildcat Fm-2 INC Trustee, a corporation, certificate issued May 13, 2021, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 26, 2017, 62 years after the 1955 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 138301 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N228MC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Robinson David B AVID FLYER (serial 228, cancelled August 9, 1994). 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 N228MC: Accident on July 21, 1987 at Tomah, WI: serious injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson AVID FLYER · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 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 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data