Fairchild 24R-40
N232E is a Fairchild 24R-40, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Street Somerset. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 6, 2020 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 16, 1956.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Fairchild
- Model
- 24R-40 · all 24R-40s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube, wood and fabricA welded steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings, all covered in fabric: the construction of the 1930s and 1940s, which makes wood rot and fabric age the inspection items. This is how the Fairchild 24 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
- R40-425
- 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 · Fairchild 6-440 SERIES · 200 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 102 mph
- Transponder code
- A21052 (octal 50410122)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 6, 2020
- Expires
- November 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- September 20, 2026
- 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 · July 16, 1956
- FAA region
- EuropeanFAA region code 8 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00482202
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Thomson Scott R
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 9 Wilton Orchard
Street Somerset, BA16 0JB
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N232E links to the rest of the register
- Fairchild 24 242 registered
- Fairchild 616 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube, wood and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Fairchild (Ranger) 6-440 series 292 aircraft with this engine series · 200 hp
- FAA orders naming the Fairchild 24 7 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Fairchild 24 4 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Fairchild 24 48 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Fairchild (Ranger) 6-440 series 2 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N232E, 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 Thomson Scott R, an individual, certificate issued November 6, 2020, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial R40-425 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N232E according to the deregistered file. [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 N232E: Accident on June 8, 2012 at Smyrna, TN: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 19, 2004 at Lincoln, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Fairchild 24R-40 · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Fairchild 24R-40 · operated under 091
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control and inadequate compensation for gusty wind conditions, which resulted in a ground loop and collision with the runway.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data