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N25673

Douglas DC3A

Valid Texas

N25673 is a Douglas DC3A, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1940. It has 32 seats. It is registered to Lone Star Flight Museum, a corporation in Houston, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 24, 2004 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 5, 1964.

Aircraft

Maker
Douglas
Model
DC3A · all DC3As and related versions
Serial number
2213
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 2 motors · P & W R-1830 SERIES · 1350 hp
Seats
32
Year built
1940
Cruising speed
144 mph
Transponder code
A27131 (octal 50470461)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 24, 2004
Expires
January 31, 2030
Last FAA action
September 30, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · February 5, 1964
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00730740

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Lone Star Flight Museum
Type
Corporation
Address
11551 Aerospace Ave
Houston, TX 77034

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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

—Piper PA-38-112 · B

Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N25673, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Lone Star Flight Museum, a corporation, certificate issued February 24, 2004, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 5, 1964, 24 years after the 1940 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]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2213 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N25673 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-38-112 (serial 3881A0047, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N25673: Accident on July 7, 1984 at Bryce, UT: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

DEN84LA213Accident on July 7, 1984 at Bryce, UT: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 38-81A0047

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-38-112 · operated under 091

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN84LA213 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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