North American SNJ-4
N45WA is a North American SNJ-4, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1942. It has 2 seats. It is registered to North American Warbirds INC, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 22, 2018 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated September 25, 1958.
Aircraft
- Maker
- North American
- Model
- SNJ-4 · all SNJ-4s and related versions
- Serial number
- 8811850
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1942
- Cruising speed
- 141 mph
- Transponder code
- A571B8 (octal 51270670)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 22, 2018
- Expires
- March 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · September 25, 1958
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00322216
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- North American Warbirds INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 3511 Silverside Rd
Wilmington, DE 19810-4902
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
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N45WA, 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 North American Warbirds INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 22, 2018, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 25, 1958, 16 years after the 1942 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 8811850 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N45WA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Allen-Wayne PITTS S-1E (serial 1, cancelled November 29, 2012). 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 N45WA: Accident on April 6, 1997 at Arlington, WA: minor 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: Allen-Wayne Pitts S-1E · operated under 091
The failure of the commercial pilot to perform an adequate visual lookout while on final approach for landing on the runway, and the failure of the student pilot of the other airplane to perform an adequate visual lookout prior to taking off from the same runway. A factor contributing to the accident was the commercial pilot's diverted attention.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA97LA083 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data