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Deregistered · FAA record as of October 2, 2026
N8280K

N8280K is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Nakajima A6M2 MODEL 21 built in 1941. The FAA cancelled the registration on November 4, 2024 when the aircraft was exported to Canada. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 3 times.

N8280K is reserved by a private party since November 4, 2024. Reservation type: Two-year hold for canceled N-numbers.

Nakajima A6M2 MODEL 21 cancelled November 4, 2024

Serial number
1498
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
Year built
1941
Last status
Valid registration
Exported to
Canada
Certificate issued
January 15, 2019
Last FAA action
June 6, 2024
Last owner
Ellenville LLC (LLC)
Warwick, NY
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition

Beech C90A cancelled June 22, 1995

Serial number
LJ1359
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Turboprop
Year built
—
Last status
Valid registration
Exported to
Algeria
Certificate issued
January 18, 1995
Last FAA action
January 18, 1995
Last owner
Transair USA INC (Corporation)
Wichita, KS
Airworthiness
None on file

Universal Stinson 108-1 cancelled December 7, 1989

Serial number
1081280
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
Year built
—
Last status
Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
Certificate issued
—
Last FAA action
—
Last owner
Withheld
Airworthiness
None on file

NTSB accident and incident record under N8280K

CEN16CA126Accident on March 15, 2016 at Midland, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Nakajima A6M2 MODEL 21 · serial 1498

The Goodyear pilot did not see and avoid the Nakajima ahead on the taxiway.

DEN84LA246Accident on August 1, 1984 at Bountiful, UT: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Stinson 108-1

A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site