North American SNJ-5
N252W is a North American SNJ-5, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Pearland, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 7, 2019 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 6, 2021.
Aircraft
- Maker
- North American
- Model
- SNJ-5 · all SNJ-5s and related versions
- Serial number
- 4134252
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1946
- Cruising speed
- 141 mph
- Transponder code
- A260E0 (octal 50460340)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 7, 2019
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 25, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · October 6, 2021
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00256758
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Thumann Wayne E
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- C/O Chad Thumann
3823 Fm 1128 Rd
Pearland, TX 77584-7519
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.
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The public federal record on N252W, 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 Thumann Wayne E, an individual, certificate issued August 7, 2019, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 6, 2021, 75 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 4134252 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N252W 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]
4 NTSB records under N252W: Accident on April 16, 2001 at Fayetteville, NC: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on February 21, 1993 at Bridgeport, NE: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 8, 1989 at Big Bear City, CA: 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 4
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185F · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane after encounter wind gusts during landing roll resulting in the airplane ground looping to the left and the right wing, right horizontal stabilizer, and right elevator contacting the runway and receiving substantial damage.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA01LA123 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 185F · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER RUNWAY ALIGNMENT DURING THE LANDING ROLL.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI93LA092 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185F · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR THE UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX89LA306 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185F · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX87LA277 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