The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 26, 2026

Wright R-1820-86

22 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Wright R-1820-86 engine, rated at about 1425 horsepower. The North American T-28 is the model most often fitted with it (21 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1949 and 2013.

The FAA records engines by code, usually at the level of a series ("O-320 series") rather than the exact variant; this page gathers every FAA code that reads as Wright R-1820-86. FAA spelling: R-1820-86.

Fitted to model families

North American T-2821Moss Jim JIM MOSS QED1
Model families, as a table
aircraft
North American T-2821
Moss Jim JIM MOSS QED1

North American T-28 · Moss Jim JIM MOSS QED

Kind of aircraft

By kind, as a table
aircraftshare
Piston singles22100%

When the aircraft were built by decade

By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19401
195018
19901
20101

Connections how this engine series links to the rest of the register

Fitted to
Where they are

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/wright-r-1820-86.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 22

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N5015L North American
T-28A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
California
Experimental 2026-04-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N757K North American
T-28C
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Arizona
Experimental 2025-10-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N509WT North American
T-28B
Fixed-wing, single engine Positive Rate INC
Joliet, Illinois
Experimental 2024-06-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N4168E North American
T-28C
Fixed-wing, single engine Ftc LLC
Lewes, Delaware
Experimental 2024-05-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N14307 Moss Jim
JIM MOSS QED
Fixed-wing, single engine Mid America Flight Museum
Mount Pleasant, Texas
Experimental 2023-09-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N28941 North American
T-28C
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Massachusetts
Experimental 2023-05-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8046D North American
T-28B
Fixed-wing, single engine Rodney William Debaun Family LP
Midlothian, Texas
Experimental 2023-02-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N14142 North American
T-28A
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
Texas
Experimental 2023-02-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N243DM North American
T-28C
Fixed-wing, single engine N243Dm LLC
Midland, Texas
Experimental 2022-12-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N28VV North American
T-28B
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Massachusetts
Experimental 2022-04-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N242J North American
T-28B
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Ohio
Experimental 2021-09-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N2HF North American
T-28B
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Illinois
Experimental 2021-06-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N228MC North American
T-28B
Fixed-wing, single engine Wildcat Fm-2 INC Trustee
Wilmington, Delaware
Experimental 2021-05-13 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N328AK North American
T-28C
Fixed-wing, single engine Rhk of Kansas INC
Wardsville, Missouri
Experimental 2021-02-13 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N128BS North American
T-28B
Fixed-wing, single engine Dye Precision INC
San Diego, California
Experimental 2016-12-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N365FL North American
T-28B
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
Texas
Experimental 2016-12-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N7160C North American
T-28C
Fixed-wing, single engine Clear Blue Sky LLC
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Experimental 2015-12-29 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N928C North American
T-28C
Fixed-wing, single engine Greatest Generation Naval Museum
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Experimental 2013-01-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N238V North American
T-28B
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Arizona
Experimental 2012-12-28 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N10NA North American
T-28C
Fixed-wing, single engine Dalks Leasing INC
Wilmington, Delaware
Experimental 2009-09-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N828JC North American
T-28B
Fixed-wing, single engine Cavanaugh Air LLC
Addison, Texas
Experimental 2007-08-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N130TD North American
T-28B
Fixed-wing, single engine California Warbirds LLC
San Diego, California
Experimental 2006-05-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 26, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.