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N3946K, a Cessna L-19E
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N3946K

Cessna L-19E

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N3946K is a Cessna L-19E, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to John Mack Properties INC, a corporation in Addison, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 14, 2018 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 10, 1983.

Where is it now Last seen October 17 at 3:43 pm.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
L-19E · all L-19Es 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 Cessna L-19 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
24716
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
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
86 mph
Transponder code
A494D9 (octal 51112331)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
November 14, 2018
Expires
November 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 23, 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 · August 10, 1983
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00050664

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
John Mack Properties INC
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
15790 Dooley Rd Ste 101
Addison, TX 75001-4277

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

1970-09-23Piper PA-28-140 · Valid registration

Connections how N3946K links to the rest of the register

Design
Owner
Place
  • Addison, TX 231 aircraft registered in this town
  • Texas 29,976 aircraft registered
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The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N3946K.json.

Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N3946K, 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 John Mack Properties INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 14, 2018, expires November 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 24716 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N3946K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-28-140 (serial 28-23822, cancelled September 23, 1970). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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

2 NTSB records under N3946K: Accident on July 24, 2022 at Oshkosh, WI: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 15, 1985 at Mckinney, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. 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 2

CEN22LA332Accident on July 24, 2022 at Oshkosh, WI: minor injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna L-19E · operated under 091

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a gusty crosswind.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

FTW85LA150Accident on March 15, 1985 at Mckinney, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 305E · operated under 091

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 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 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data