{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2024-08-27","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2014-03-20","city":"HOOD RIVER","country_code":"US","county_code":"027","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"06400","engine_horsepower":168,"engine_maker":"AUSTRO","engine_model":"E4 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-11-22","maker":"Stearman Aircraft","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"STEARMAN AIRCRAFT","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"8560205","mode_s_code":"50747202","mode_s_hex":"A3CE82","model":"C2","n_number":"N3440","name":"WESTERN ANTIQUE AEROPLANE & AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Spokane","damage":"SUBS","date":"2011-07-16","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR11CA336","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing. Contributing to the accident was the touch down in a slide-slip.","registration":"N3440","state":"WA","summary":"Accident on July 16, 2011 at Spokane, WA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Stevenson","damage":"SUBS","date":"2008-09-20","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"SEA08LA206","probable_cause":"A loss of engine power due to fuel starvation from a piece of disintegrating gasket material that was blocking the fuel jet.  Also causal was the failure of maintenance personnel to verify the condition of the gaskets when the carburetor was examined prior to installation on the engine.","registration":"N3440","state":"WA","summary":"Accident on September 20, 2008 at Stevenson, WA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N3440 is a Stearman Aircraft C2, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1927. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum, a corporation in Hood River, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 20, 2014 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 27, 2024.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum, a corporation, certificate issued March 20, 2014, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 27, 2024, 97 years after the 1927 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 104 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N3440 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 N3440: Accident on July 16, 2011 at Spokane, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 20, 2008 at Stevenson, WA: 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":3,"serial_number":"104","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"OR","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1600 AIR MUSEUM RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00612543","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N3440","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1927,"zip":"970319800"}