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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 28, 2026Meyers OTW-160
N26490 is a Meyers OTW-160, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1941. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Worton, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 9, 2022 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated August 21, 1957.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Meyers
- Model
- OTW-160 · all OTW-160s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube, wood and fabricA welded steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings, all covered in fabric: the construction of the 1930s and 1940s, which makes wood rot and fabric age the inspection items. The Meyers OTW trainer biplane: steel-tube fuselage, wooden wings, fabric. This is how the Meyers OTW-160 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
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (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, 1 motor · Kinner R5 SERIES · 160 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1941
- Cruising speed
- 86 mph
- Transponder code
- A29185 (octal 50510605)
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 9, 2022
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · August 21, 1957
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00903332
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gutherie Deborah B Personal Representative
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 11885 Clark Rd
Worton, MD 21678-1610
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N26490 links to the rest of the register
- Meyers OTW-160 18 registered
- Meyers 68 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube, wood and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Kinner R5 series 157 aircraft with this engine series · 160 hp
- Worton, MD 2 aircraft registered in this town
- Maryland 2,347 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the Meyers OTW-160 13 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N26490, 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 Gutherie Deborah B Personal Representative, an individual, certificate issued September 9, 2022, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 21, 1957, 16 years after the 1941 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 43 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N26490 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]
2 NTSB records under N26490: Accident on August 16, 2012 at Worton, MD: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 27, 1984 at New Athens, OH: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Meyers OTW-160 · operated under 091
The student pilot's improper landing flare and the flight instructor's inadequate remedial action, which resulted in a hard landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Meyers Aircraft Co. OTW · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data