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A North American P-51 Mustang, the same model family as N98CF
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026
N98CF

North American P-51K

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N98CF is a North American P-51K, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1944. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Comanche Fighters LLC, an LLC in Houston, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 6, 2010 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a limited airworthiness certificate, dated September 29, 2010.

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Aircraft

Maker
North American
Model
P-51K · all P-51Ks and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The 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
44-12016
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 · Pkrd-Roll V1650 SERIES · 1490 hp
Seats
1
Year built
1944
Cruising speed
277 mph
Transponder code
ADA903 (octal 53324403)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
May 6, 2010
Expires
April 30, 2030
Last FAA action
October 20, 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 · September 29, 2010
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01048702

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Comanche Fighters 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
1375 Enclave Pkwy
Houston, TX 77077-2026

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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

2004-01-08Cessna 310R · N-number assigned as an import, not yet registered

Connections how N98CF links to the rest of the register

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N98CF, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Comanche Fighters LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 6, 2010, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 29, 2010, 66 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]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 44-12016 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N98CF was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 310R (serial 310R1867, cancelled January 8, 2004). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N98CF. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data