N261FM is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a North American T-28B built in 1954. The FAA cancelled the registration on June 30, 2017. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
North American T-28B cancelled June 30, 2017
- Serial number
- 137655
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1954
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- August 19, 2003
- Last FAA action
- August 18, 2009
- Last owner
- Rendzio Joseph J (Individual)
Lutz, FL - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Exhibition
NTSB accident and incident record under N261FM
Aircraft on the NTSB record: North American T-28B · serial 137655
The pilot's failure to verify security of the left engine cowling and its subsequent separation in-flight and collision with the vertical stabilizer resulting in the loss of aircraft control.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site