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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Stinson VULTEE V-77
N88026 is a Stinson VULTEE V-77, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1944. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Texas Air Museum, a corporation in Slaton, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 10, 2013 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 2, 1975.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Stinson
- Model
- VULTEE V-77 · all VULTEE V-77s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. The Reliant built for the war: steel-tube fuselage under fabric. This is how the Stinson VULTEE V-77 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
- 77-411
- 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
- 3
- Year built
- 1944
- Cruising speed
- 116 mph
- Transponder code
- AC2092 (octal 53020222)
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 10, 2013
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 2, 1975
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00362011
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Texas Air 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 36
Slaton, TX 79364-0036
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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 1
Connections how N88026 links to the rest of the register
- Stinson VULTEE V-77 85 registered
- Stinson 1,730 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Texas Air Museum 12 aircraft in the fleet
- Slaton, TX 54 aircraft registered in this town
- City Of Slaton/Larry T Neal Memorial · F49
- Texas 29,911 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N88026.json.
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The public federal record on N88026, 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 Texas Air Museum, a corporation, certificate issued September 10, 2013, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 2, 1975, 31 years after the 1944 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 77-411 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N88026 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper J3C-65 (serial 15643, cancelled April 4, 1949). 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 N88026: Accident on June 9, 2024 at Slaton, TX: 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: Stinson VULTEE V-77 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control after landing in gusting wind conditions which resulted in a runway excursion and the airplane nosing over. Contributing was the pilot’s decision to conduct the flight in very strong, gusting wind conditions.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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