{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1992-01-25","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-08-31","city":"RISING STAR","country_code":"US","county_code":"133","cruise_speed_mph":94,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"52008","engine_horsepower":450,"engine_maker":"P&W","engine_model":"R-985 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2033-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-08-31","maker":"Naval Aircraft Factory","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"NAVAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"6120202","mode_s_code":"51272701","mode_s_hex":"A575C1","model":"N3N-3","n_number":"N4509T","name":"MCGINNIS AIR LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Saipan","damage":"DEST","date":"2006-08-11","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"LAX06FA258","probable_cause":"A loss of engine power during the initial climb due to fuel starvation resulting from the pilot's improper fuel selector valve position selection and his failure to select a tank containing an adequate fuel supply. Contributing to the accident was the high vegetation and dark night lighting conditions.","registration":"N4509T","state":"","summary":"Accident on August 11, 2006 at Saipan: serious injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N4509T is a Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Mcginnis Air LLC, an LLC in Rising Star, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 31, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 25, 1992.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Mcginnis Air LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 31, 2026, expires August 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 4420 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N4509T was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-32-300 (serial 32-7240083, cancelled December 5, 2011). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"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 N4509T: Accident on August 11, 2006 at Saipan: serious injuries, destroyed. 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":2,"serial_number":"4420","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"301 COUNTY RD 292","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00272764","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N4509T","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"76471"}