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Dart G

5 on the U.S. register. Built from 1938. Ohio has the most (2). 20% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are not named here at this time.

Dart G: Experimental aircraft
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About the G from the FAA's model table

Type
Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston singles
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 engine
Common engines
Lambert R266 (2), Ken Royce 7F (1), Cont Motor C125 Series (1)
Seats
2
Cruise speed
about 90 mph
Built of
steel tube, wood and fabric · An all-wood airframe (plywood and spruce) under fabric, so the inspections are for glue joints and rot.
Maker on the register
Dart
Registered
earliest certificate November 23, 1994; newest March 5, 2024

Where they are owner's state

By state, as a table
aircraft
Ohio2
Washington1
Oregon1
Indiana1

Who owns them registrant type

By owner type, as a table
aircraftshare
Individual480%
Corporation120%

Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft

VersionRegisteredBuiltShare
G51938100.0%

When they were built by decade · 1 with no year on file

0123441930
By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19304

Registrations by year certificates issued since 2010, including changes of owner · 2026 is the year so far

Registrations by year, as a table
aircraft
20131
20181
20241

Registration status

By status, as a table
aircraftshare
Valid5100%

Airworthiness certificate class

By airworthiness certificate, as a table
aircraftshare
Standard360%
None on file120%
Experimental120%

Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs

Largest fleets, as a table
aircraft
Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum1

Fleet pages: Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum

Accident history NTSB records · 0 cases since 1982, 0 fatal

No NTSB accident or incident records match this family's versions. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record. How models compare: Accidents by model in Aviation Analytics.

Questions people ask answers refresh every morning

How many Dart G aircraft are registered in the U.S.?

5 as of October 23, 2026, counting 1 version the FAA records separately.

Which state has the most Dart Gs?

Ohio, with 2.

Who owns the Dart G?

20% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are not named on this site at this time.

When were the Dart Gs on the register built?

In 1938.

What is the Dart G made of?

A welded steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings, all covered in fabric: the construction of the 1930s and 1940s, which makes wood rot and fabric age the inspection items. An all-wood airframe (plywood and spruce) under fabric, so the inspections are for glue joints and rot. The FAA's type certificate data sheet is the authority for any one model.

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Dart G the component layer

A welded steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings, all covered in fabric: the construction of the 1930s and 1940s, which makes wood rot and fabric age the inspection items. An all-wood airframe (plywood and spruce) under fabric, so the inspections are for glue joints and rot. The design is held under 1 type certificate (TC 674, held by Dart Aircraft Corporation). No FAA order in the current files names this model. Operators and repair shops have filed 1 failure report with the FAA since 2008, 1 of them in the last ten years: about 20.0 a year for every 100 aircraft on the register; the system most often named is cabin, seats and restraints. 1 approved modification exist for it, the most by Timothy A. Lunceford.

Failure reports 1 since 2008 · what operators and shops told the FAA

00011108
Failure reports by year, as a table
reports
081

By system

Failure reports by system, as a table
reportsshare
Cabin, seats and restraints1100%

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Parts most reported, as a table
reports
Arm1

Latest reports

2008-07-16Arm: cracked · cabin, seats and restraints

Approved replacement parts 2 parts manufacturer approvals

Parts a company other than the maker may make for this design and sell as FAA-approved. The companies holding the most:

Most often: fuel quantity (1), fuel placard (1).

Approved modifications 1 supplemental type certificates

Changes the FAA has approved for this design, from new avionics and engines to floats and parachutes. The companies holding the most:

Latest

2009-01-20SA01959SE · Installation of a Lycoming O-320-A2B engine and Sensenich M74DM-58 propeller; installed in...

Certificates and bulletins

TC 674Type certificate held by Dart Aircraft Corporation · 4 models listed

Sources: the FAA's type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, supplemental type certificates, special conditions and special airworthiness information bulletins (Dynamic Regulatory System), and the FAA's service difficulty reports. A failure report is what an operator or repair station chose to file; the counts show reporting as much as reliability, and larger and commercial fleets report more. How the systems are grouped.

Connections how the G links to the rest of the register

Design
Engines
Where they are
Biggest operators
Record
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/model/dart/g.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 5

Tail no.Maker and modelOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N20993 Dart
G
Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum
Hood River, Oregon
Experimental 2024-03-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N20990 Dart
G
Individual owner
Indiana
None on file 2018-10-29 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N20991 Dart
G
Individual owner
Ohio
Standard 2013-06-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N18443 Dart
G
Individual owner
Washington
Standard 2008-06-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N20996 Dart
G
Individual owner
Ohio
Standard 1994-11-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes