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N32SZ

North American T-6G

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N32SZ is a North American T-6G, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1959. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Sound of Freedom LLC, an LLC in Boerne, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 8, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated February 6, 1959.

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Aircraft

Maker
North American
Model
T-6G · all T-6Gs 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 North American T-6 Texan 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
49-3221A
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 · P&W R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
2
Year built
1959
Cruising speed
141 mph
Transponder code
A36D9F (octal 50666637)

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 8, 2023
Expires
May 31, 2030
Last FAA action
March 5, 2024
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 · February 6, 1959
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00562390

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sound of Freedom 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
215 W Bandera Rd Ste 114-711
Boerne, TX 78006-2820

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N32SZ links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Boerne, TX 164 aircraft registered in this town
  • Texas 29,976 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N32SZ, 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 Sound of Freedom LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 8, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate, dated February 6, 1959, consistent with the 1959 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 49-3221A for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N32SZ 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 N32SZ: Accident on September 20, 2025 at Louise, TX: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal). 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

CEN25FA388Accident on September 20, 2025 at Louise, TX: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: North American T-6G · operated under 091

On September 20, 2025, about 1724 central daylight time, a North American T-6G airplane, N32SZ, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Lousie, Texas. The pilot and passenger sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal flight. A local fly-in was being held with a flour drop competition between the various attendees which included the accident airplane. During the competition, the accident airplane was sequenced behind two Boeing Stearman airplanes and ahead of a fourth Stearman. The accident airplane had a…

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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 November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data