Wayfarer Acft Research & Dvlpt WARD 1
N253FW is a Wayfarer Acft Research & Dvlpt WARD 1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor powered by electric motors, built in 2024. It is unmanned. It is registered to Wayfarer Aircraft Research And Development INC, a corporation in La Mesa, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 20, 2024 and expires on March 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for unmanned aircraft, research and development, dated July 16, 2025.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Wayfarer Acft Research & Dvlpt
- Model
- WARD 1
- Serial number
- CFC1821240214
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Electric, 1 motor
- Seats
- 0
- Year built
- 2024
- Transponder code
- A26335 (octal 50461465)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 20, 2024
- Expires
- March 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- October 23, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Unmanned aircraft, research and development · July 16, 2025
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 01440159
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wayfarer Aircraft Research And Development INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 8505 Rockledge Rd
La Mesa, CA 91941-7923
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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
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The public federal record on N253FW, 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 Wayfarer Aircraft Research And Development INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 20, 2024, expires March 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for unmanned aircraft, research and development, dated July 16, 2025, consistent with the 2024 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CFC1821240214 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N253FW was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Focke-Wulf FWP 149D (serial 253, cancelled January 3, 2011). 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 N253FW: Accident on May 5, 1995 at St. Augustine, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Focke-Wulf FWP 149D · operated under 091
INADEQUATE FUEL MANAGEMENT BY THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND RESULTING IN THE TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE UNSUITABLE TERRAIN ENCOUNTERED DURING THE EMERGENCY DESCENT FOR THE FORCED LANDING.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA95LA126 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data