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A Mikoyan Gurevich MIG 15, the same model family as N271JM
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N271JM

Mikoyan Gurevich MIG 15UTI

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesFlorida

N271JM is a Mikoyan Gurevich MIG 15UTI, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turbojet engines. It has 1 seat. It is registered to South Florida Defense Antiquities Museum INC, a corporation in Fort Myers, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 16, 2013 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; market survey, dated April 11, 1988.

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Aircraft

Maker
Mikoyan Gurevich
Model
MIG 15UTI · all MIG 15UTIs 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 Mikoyan Gurevich MIG 15 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
242271
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
TurbojetFAA type of engine code 4 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Klimov VK-1A · 5950 hp
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A2AB07 (octal 50525407)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
August 16, 2013
Expires
August 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 25, 2023
Airworthiness
ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Exhibition; Market surveyFAA certificate purpose code 36 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 11, 1988
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00065390

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
South Florida Defense Antiquities Museum INC
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
2243 Widman Way
Fort Myers, FL 33901-3617

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N271JM links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Klimov VK-1A 12 aircraft with this engine series · 5950 hp
Owner
Place

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N271JM, 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 South Florida Defense Antiquities Museum INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 16, 2013, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for exhibition; market survey; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 242271 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N271JM 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 N271JM: Accident on November 6, 1996 at Fallon, NV: 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

LAX97LA333Accident on November 6, 1996 at Fallon, NV: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: IA242271

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mikoyan Mig MIG 15UTI · operated under 091

The pilot misjudged his altitude and airspeed. A related factor was his diverted attention.

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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 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 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 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data