North American T-28B
N28XT is a North American T-28B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1958. It has 2 seats. It is registered to East Iowa Air INC, a corporation in Bennett, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 17, 2021 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated October 24, 1989.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- North American
- Model
- T-28B · all T-28Bs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe 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 T-28 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
- 138339
- 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 · Wright R-1820 SER · 1475 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1958
- Cruising speed
- 208 mph
- Transponder code
- A2CDC1 (octal 50546701)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 17, 2021
- Expires
- June 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 19, 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 · ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 24, 1989
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00214501
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- East Iowa Air 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
- 1937 Highway 130
Bennett, IA 52721-9669
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N28XT links to the rest of the register
- North American T-28 206 registered
- North American 1,297 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Wright R-1820 series 185 aircraft with this engine series · 1475 hp
- East Iowa Air INC 4 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Bennett, IA 5 aircraft registered in this town
- Iowa 4,512 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the North American T-28 6 supplemental type certificates
- Failure reports on the Wright R-1820 series 12 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N28XT, 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 East Iowa Air INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 17, 2021, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 24, 1989, 31 years after the 1958 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 138339 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N28XT 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]
1 NTSB record under N28XT: Accident on August 11, 2025 at Monticello, IA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: North American T-28B · operated under 091
On August 11, 2025, about 1505 Central daylight time, a North American T-28B airplane, N28XT, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Monticello, Iowa. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to witnesses, the pilot reported, over the Monticello Regional Airport’s Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF), that he was experiencing a propeller governor failure, and he was returning to the airport. Shortly thereafter, he reported a total loss of engine power, and that he was at…
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data