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A Curtiss Wright P-40, the same model family as N45946
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N45946

Curtiss Wright P-40-K1

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesAlaska

N45946 is a Curtiss Wright P-40-K1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 27, 2007 and expires on April 30, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

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Aircraft

Maker
Curtiss Wright
Model
P-40-K1 · all P-40-K1s 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 Curtiss Wright P-40 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
42-45946
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
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A5968E (octal 51313216)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 27, 2007
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00409499

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Jones Dwight D
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
3926 Brentwood Cir
Anchorage, AK 99502-4217

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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 2

1989-02-09Cessna 152 · N-number assigned but not yet registered
1965-05-20Luscombe 8A · Valid registration

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Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N45946, 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 Jones Dwight D, an individual, certificate issued September 27, 2007, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate

No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 42-45946 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N45946 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 152 (serial 15282955, cancelled February 9, 1989); Luscombe 8A (serial 2473, cancelled May 20, 1965). 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 N45946: Accident on July 5, 1985 at Ebensburg, PA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 19, 1982 at Monongahela, PA: 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

NYC85LA161Accident on July 5, 1985 at Ebensburg, PA: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 15282955

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 152II · operated under 091

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

NYC82DA101Accident on May 19, 1982 at Monongahela, PA: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 15282955

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 152 · 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 October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data