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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 29, 2026Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3
N45018 is a Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1941. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Newland, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 5, 2018 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for commuter, dated October 2, 1997.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Naval Aircraft Factory
- Model
- N3N-3 · all N3N-3s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. The N3N trainer: an aluminium structure under fabric. This is how the Naval Aircraft Factory N3 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
- 2744
- 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
- 2
- Year built
- 1941
- Cruising speed
- 94 mph
- Transponder code
- A574B8 (octal 51272270)
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 5, 2018
- Expires
- March 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- February 14, 2026
- 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 · CommuterFAA certificate purpose code C (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 2, 1997
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00512734
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Cook Randal J
- 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
- 120 Pine Ridge Loop
Newland, NC 28657-8421
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N45018 links to the rest of the register
- Naval Aircraft Factory N3 145 registered
- Naval Aircraft Factory 145 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming R680 218 aircraft with this engine series · 215 hp
- Newland, NC 10 aircraft registered in this town
- North Carolina 7,120 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Naval Aircraft Factory N3 1 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Naval Aircraft Factory N3 1 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Naval Aircraft Factory N3 4 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming R680 5 airworthiness directives
- Where N45018 is now · Last seen today at 4:10 pm.
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The public federal record on N45018, 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 Cook Randal J, an individual, certificate issued March 5, 2018, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 2, 1997, 56 years after the 1941 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 2744 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N45018 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]
1 NTSB record under N45018: Accident on November 18, 1997 at Spruce Pine, NC: 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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 · operated under 091
The unintentional locking-up of the left brake for undetermined reasons resulting in the on ground loss of control. Contributing to the accident was the inability of the pilot to maintain directional control.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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, October 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data