{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1958-09-25","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2018-03-22","city":"WILMINGTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"003","cruise_speed_mph":141,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"52016","engine_horsepower":600,"engine_maker":"P&W","engine_model":"R1340 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-28","maker":"North American","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"NORTH AMERICAN","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"6400414","mode_s_code":"51270670","mode_s_hex":"A571B8","model":"SNJ-4","n_number":"N45WA","name":"NORTH AMERICAN WARBIRDS INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"ARLINGTON","damage":"SUBS","date":"1997-04-06","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"SEA97LA083","probable_cause":"The failure of the commercial pilot to perform an adequate visual lookout while on final approach for landing on the runway,  and the failure of the student pilot of the other airplane to perform an adequate visual lookout prior to taking off  from the same runway.  A factor contributing to the accident was the commercial pilot's diverted attention.","registration":"N45WA","state":"WA","summary":"Accident on April 6, 1997 at Arlington, WA: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N45WA is a North American SNJ-4, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1942. It has 2 seats. It is registered to North American Warbirds INC, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 22, 2018 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated September 25, 1958.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to North American Warbirds INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 22, 2018, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 25, 1958, 16 years after the 1942 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 8811850 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N45WA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Allen-Wayne PITTS S-1E (serial 1, cancelled November 29, 2012). 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 N45WA: Accident on April 6, 1997 at Arlington, WA: minor 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":2,"serial_number":"8811850","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"DE","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"3511 SILVERSIDE RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00322216","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N45WA","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1942,"zip":"198104902"}