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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000
N3242 is a Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1927. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Ancient and Honorable Aeroplane CO LLC, an LLC in Waban, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 13, 2022 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 30, 1976. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Curtiss Wright
- Model
- TRAVEL AIR 4000 · all TRAVEL AIR 4000s 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. A biplane of the 1920s and 1930s: steel-tube fuselage, wooden wings, fabric covering. This is how the Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000 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
- 256
- 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 · Lycoming R680 · 215 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1927
- Cruising speed
- 79 mph
- Transponder code
- A37FCA (octal 50677712)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 13, 2022
- Expires
- May 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 11, 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 30, 1976
- FAA region
- New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00891893
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ancient and Honorable Aeroplane CO LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 99 Pine Ridge Rd
Waban, MA 02468-1616
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Documents on file 1
Connections how N3242 links to the rest of the register
- Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000 55 registered
- Curtiss Wright 229 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
- Lycoming R680 219 aircraft with this engine series · 215 hp
- Ancient and Honorable Aeroplane CO LLC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Waban, MA 5 aircraft registered in this town
- Massachusetts 2,649 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000 15 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming R680 5 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N3242, 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 Ancient and Honorable Aeroplane CO LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 13, 2022, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 30, 1976, 49 years after the 1927 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 256 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N3242 according to the deregistered file. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (October 20, 2026). [3]
1 NTSB record under N3242: Accident on November 22, 2016 at San Diego, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to see and avoid the airplane stopped ahead of him during taxi.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data