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North American P-51C
N61429 is a North American P-51C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1942. It has 1 seat. It is registered to American Air Power Heritage Flying Museum, a corporation in Dallas, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 11, 2011 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a limited airworthiness certificate, dated March 10, 2014.
Where is it now Last seen October 17 at 11:28 am.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- North American
- Model
- P-51C · all P-51Cs 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 P-51 Mustang 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
- 103-26199
- 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
- 1942
- Cruising speed
- 277 mph
- Transponder code
- A8005A (octal 52000132)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 11, 2011
- Expires
- August 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 10, 2023
- 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 · March 10, 2014
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00043784
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- American Air Power Heritage Flying Museum
- 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
- PO Box 764769
Dallas, TX 75376-4769
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
Connections how N61429 links to the rest of the register
- North American P-51 Mustang 60 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
- American Air Power Heritage Flying Museum 3 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Dallas, TX 1,862 aircraft registered in this town
- Addison Airport · ADS
- Dallas Executive · RBD
- Dallas Love Field · DAL
- Mckinney Ntl Airport · TKI
- 3 more landing places in town
- Texas 29,945 aircraft registered
- Where N61429 is now · Last seen October 17 at 11:28 am.
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The public federal record on N61429, 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 American Air Power Heritage Flying Museum, a corporation, certificate issued August 11, 2011, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 10, 2014, 72 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 103-26199 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N61429 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna A185F (serial 18504184, cancelled January 26, 1981). 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]
2 NTSB records under N61429: Accident on February 3, 2016 at Dallas, TX: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 29, 2004 at Hager City, WI: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: North American P 51 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage during landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: North American P-51C · operated under 091
The improper installation of the camshaft drive gear assembly which resulted in the retaining nut backing off allowing the drive gear to move up the shaft. A factor associated with the accident was the low altitude at which the power loss occurred and the trees which the airplane contacted during the forced landing.
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
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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data