Stearman Aircraft C2
N3440 is a Stearman Aircraft C2, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1927. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum, a corporation in Hood River, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 20, 2014 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 27, 2024.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Stearman Aircraft
- Model
- C2
- Serial number
- 104
- 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 · Austro E4 SERIES · 168 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1927
- Transponder code
- A3CE82 (octal 50747202)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 20, 2014
- Expires
- March 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- November 22, 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 27, 2024
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00612543
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum
- 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
- 1600 Air Museum Rd
Hood River, OR 97031-9800
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N3440 links to the rest of the register
- Stearman Aircraft 33 aircraft on the register
- Austro Engine E4 series 133 aircraft with this engine series · 168 hp
- Type certificate 2-159 · held by Stearman Aircraft
- Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum 148 aircraft in the fleet
- Hood River, OR 337 aircraft registered in this town
- Ken Jernstedt Airfield · 4S2
- Oregon 7,020 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N3440.json.
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The public federal record on N3440, 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 Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum, a corporation, certificate issued March 20, 2014, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 27, 2024, 97 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 104 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N3440 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 N3440: Accident on July 16, 2011 at Spokane, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 20, 2008 at Stevenson, WA: 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.
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Stearman Aircraft C3-B · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing. Contributing to the accident was the touch down in a slide-slip.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Stearman Aircraft C3-B · operated under 091
A loss of engine power due to fuel starvation from a piece of disintegrating gasket material that was blocking the fuel jet. Also causal was the failure of maintenance personnel to verify the condition of the gaskets when the carburetor was examined prior to installation on the engine.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data