{"airworthiness_class":"Multiple","airworthiness_date":"1975-08-04","airworthiness_ops":"Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control; Forest","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2002-01-15","city":"MISSOULA","country_code":"US","county_code":"063","cruise_speed_mph":157,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"52020","engine_horsepower":1350,"engine_maker":"P & W","engine_model":"R-1830 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-twins","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-22","maker":"Douglas","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"DOUGLAS","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"3021440","mode_s_code":"50436733","mode_s_hex":"A23DDB","model":"DC-3A-S1C3G","n_number":"N24320","name":"MUSEUM OF MOUNTAIN FLYING","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"MEMPHIS","damage":"SUBS","date":"1994-12-15","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"MIA95LA040","probable_cause":"THE INABILITY OF THE PILOT OF CESSNA 208, N927FE TO SEE DOUGLAS DC3, N24320, AS HE TAXIED TO TAKEOFF DUE TO INOPERATIVE TAIL NAVIGATION LIGHTS AND BEACON LIGHTS ON THE DC3 AND DUE TO GLARE ON THE WET TAXIWAY.","registration":"N24320","state":"TN","summary":"Accident on December 15, 1994 at Memphis, TN: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N24320 is a Douglas DC-3A-S1C3G, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1944. It has 32 seats. It is registered to Museum Of Mountain Flying, a corporation in Missoula, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 15, 2002 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control; forest, dated August 4, 1975.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Museum Of Mountain Flying, a corporation, certificate issued January 15, 2002, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 4, 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.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 20197 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N24320 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":"1 NTSB record under N24320: Accident on December 15, 1994 at Memphis, TN: no 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":32,"serial_number":"20197","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 16601","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00892612","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N24320","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1944,"zip":"598086601"}