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North American F-51D
N51TK is a North American F-51D, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to 106Fg LLC, an LLC in Billings, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 15, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds a limited airworthiness certificate, dated October 11, 1957.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- North American
- Model
- F-51D · all F-51Ds and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the North American F-51 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
- 44-63350
- 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 · Rolls-Royc V-1650-7 · 1180 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 277 mph
- Transponder code
- A660C9 (octal 51460311)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 15, 2024
- Expires
- January 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- January 15, 2024
- Airworthiness
- LimitedFAA airworthiness class code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · October 11, 1957
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00850503
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- 106Fg LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 6309 Jellison Rd
Billings, MT 59101-9306
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.
Connections how N51TK links to the rest of the register
- North American F-51 54 registered
- North American 1,297 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rolls-Royce V-1650-7 54 aircraft with this engine series · 1180 hp
- 106Fg LLC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Billings, MT 344 aircraft registered in this town
- Billings Logan International · BIL
- Montana 6,049 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N51TK.json.
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The public federal record on N51TK, 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 106Fg LLC, an LLC, certificate issued January 15, 2024, expires January 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Limited certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 44-63350 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N51TK 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]
3 NTSB records under N51TK: Accident on July 15, 2007 at Camarillo, CA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Accident on December 29, 1994 at Round Lake, IL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 11, 1989 at Fort Wayne, IN: 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: North American F-51D · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during a go-around. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of experience in the make and model of airplane.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: North American F-51D · operated under 091
fuel starvation resulting from exhaustion of the fuel supply in the left tank. A factor related to the accident was insufficient altitude to switch fuel tanks and effect an engine restart.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: North American F-51D · operated under 091
PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL DURING THE CROSSWIND TAKEOFF. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PREMATURE LIFT OFF AND THE CROSSWIND CONDITION.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data