Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B
N290AM is an Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Orchard Park, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 4, 2026 and expires on June 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 3, 2000.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Aviat Aircraft Inc
- Model
- A-1B · all A-1Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 2096
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A2F586 (octal 50572606)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 4, 2026
- Expires
- June 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- June 4, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · August 3, 2000
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00875930
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wheaton Megan E
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 11 Knoche Way
Orchard Park, NY 14127-2420
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N290AM, 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 Wheaton Megan E, an individual, certificate issued June 4, 2026, expires June 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2096 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N290AM 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 N290AM: Accident on December 17, 2003 at Hailey, ID: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 8, 2002 at Arco, ID: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aviat A-1B · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted in an inadvertent group loop and the collapse of the right main landing gear.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA04LA028 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aviat A-1B · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions, resulting in an inadvertent ground loop. Factors include wind gusts during the period of time at which the landing took place.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA02LA188 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data