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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 5, 2026Chapman VJ-22 SPORTSMAN
N3451 is a Chapman VJ-22 SPORTSMAN, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Eugene, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 29, 2019 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 19, 1979.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Chapman
- Model
- VJ-22 SPORTSMAN
- Serial number
- 173
- 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 0-290 SERIES · 140 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1978
- Transponder code
- A3D25C (octal 50751134)
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 29, 2019
- Expires
- June 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 11, 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 · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 19, 1979
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00673380
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hardt Daniel M
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 132 W 20Th Ave
Eugene, OR 97405-2804
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N3451 links to the rest of the register
- Chapman 5 aircraft on the register
- Lycoming O-290 series 2,126 aircraft with this engine series · 140 hp
- Eugene, OR 210 aircraft registered in this town
- Mahlon Sweet Field · EUG
- Oregon 7,008 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-290 series 7 airworthiness directives
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N3451.json.
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The public federal record on N3451, 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 Hardt Daniel M, an individual, certificate issued June 29, 2019, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated September 19, 1979, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 173 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N3451 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Wild Goose 1A (serial 337, cancelled September 16, 2000). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N3451: Accident on September 10, 1999 at Keizer, OR: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Wild Goose A1 · operated under 091
A loose fuel line fitting resulted in a loss of engine power. An intentional wheels down landing was a factor.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 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 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data