{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2023-07-10","airworthiness_ops":"Exhibition","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1999-02-26","city":"GEORGETOWN","country_code":"US","county_code":"005","cruise_speed_mph":159,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"67050","engine_horsepower":1700,"engine_maker":"WRIGHT","engine_model":"R-2600 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-twins","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-07-28","maker":"North American","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"NORTH AMERICAN","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"6400714","mode_s_code":"53106330","mode_s_hex":"AC8CD8","model":"TB-25N","n_number":"N9079Z","name":"RAG WINGS & RADIALS AIRCRAFT LEASING LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Georgetown","damage":"SUBS","date":"2011-09-04","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ERA11LA484","probable_cause":"Maintenance personnel's inadequate examination of the main landing gear during the airplane\u2019s most recent conditional inspection, which resulted in the fatigue failure of the right main landing gear shock strut drag arm during the landing roll.","registration":"N9079Z","state":"DE","summary":"Accident on September 4, 2011 at Georgetown, DE: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"WICHITA FALLS","damage":"SUBS","date":"1988-09-19","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"FTW88DPA08","probable_cause":"","registration":"N9079Z","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on September 19, 1988 at Wichita Falls, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N9079Z is a North American TB-25N, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1944. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Rag Wings & Radials Aircraft Leasing LLC, an LLC in Georgetown, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 26, 1999 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated July 10, 2023.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Rag Wings & Radials Aircraft Leasing LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 26, 1999, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 10, 2023, 79 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 44-30734 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N9079Z 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 N9079Z: Accident on September 4, 2011 at Georgetown, DE: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 19, 1988 at Wichita Falls, TX: 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":6,"serial_number":"44-30734","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"DE","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"21781 AVIATION AVE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00241181","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N9079Z","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1944,"zip":"199475574"}