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N25YR, a North American TB-25N
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 27, 2026
N25YR

North American TB-25N

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N25YR is a North American TB-25N, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1943. It has 6 seats. It is registered to American Airpower Heritage Fly Museu, a corporation in Dallas, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 10, 1991 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a limited airworthiness certificate, dated June 2, 1999.

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Aircraft

Maker
North American
Model
TB-25N · all TB-25Ns and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The 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 TB-25 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
43-27868
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (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, 2 motors · Wright R-2600 SER · 1700 hp
Seats
6
Year built
1943
Cruising speed
159 mph
Transponder code
A2575B (octal 50453533)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 10, 1991
Expires
July 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 26, 2023
Airworthiness
LimitedFAA airworthiness class code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · June 2, 1999
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00832912

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
American Airpower Heritage Fly Museu
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
PO Box 764769
Dallas, TX 75376-4769

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N25YR links to the rest of the register

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Engine
Owner
Place

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The public federal record on N25YR, 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 American Airpower Heritage Fly Museu, a corporation, certificate issued September 10, 1991, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 2, 1999, 56 years after the 1943 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 43-27868 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N25YR according to the deregistered file. [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 N25YR: Accident on October 29, 2016 at Dallas, TX: no 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

CEN17LA033Accident on October 29, 2016 at Dallas, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: North American TB 25N · operated under 091

The overstress failure of the landing gear connecting rod and the improper installation of the arresting cables, which allowed the landing gear door to depart in flight and impact the airplane.

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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 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data