{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1988-04-28","airworthiness_ops":"Exhibition","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2008-12-01","city":"GREENWOOD","country_code":"US","county_code":"083","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"52026","engine_horsepower":2000,"engine_maker":"P & W","engine_model":"R-2800 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-07","maker":"Chance Vought","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CHANCE VOUGHT","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2152610","mode_s_code":"50235763","mode_s_hex":"A13BF3","model":"F4U-5","n_number":"N179PT","name":"FIGHTERS & LEGENDS LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"East Troy","damage":"SUBS","date":"2016-07-19","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN16LA274","probable_cause":"A failure of the O-ring in the left brake master cylinder for reasons that could not be determined, which resulted in a loss of directional control during landing.","registration":"N179PT","state":"WI","summary":"Accident on July 19, 2016 at East Troy, WI: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"OSHKOSH","damage":"SUBS","date":"1999-07-29","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"CHI99FA266","probable_cause":"The pilot of the other airplane not following the instructions briefed by the formation leader, and the pilot's maneuvering his airplane to avoid the airplane in front of him.","registration":"N179PT","state":"WI","summary":"Accident on July 29, 1999 at Oshkosh, WI: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N179PT is a Chance Vought F4U-5, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1948. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Fighters & Legends LLC, an LLC in Greenwood, Mississippi. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 1, 2008 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated April 28, 1988.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Fighters & Legends LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 1, 2008, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 28, 1988, 40 years after the 1948 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.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 122179 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N179PT according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"2 NTSB records under N179PT: Accident on July 19, 2016 at East Troy, WI: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 29, 1999 at Oshkosh, WI: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":1,"serial_number":"122179","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MS","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"442 AIRPORT RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00730515","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N179PT","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1948,"zip":"389307704"}