Models · Naval Aircraft Factory · Piston singles · data as of October 2, 2026

Naval Aircraft Factory N3

145 on the U.S. register. Built from 1938 to 1961; half of them date from 1941 or earlier. California has the most (31). 35% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are never named here.

About the N3 from the FAA's model table

Type: Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston singles
Power: Piston (reciprocating), 1 engine
Common engines: P&W R-985 Series (53), Wright 760A B D E&Et (30), P&W R1340 Series (16)
Seats: 2
Cruise speed: about 94 mph
Maker on the register: Naval Aircraft Factory
Registered: earliest certificate October 1, 1979; newest August 31, 2026

Where they are owner's state

California31Washington16Oregon9Florida6Arizona6Texas5Ohio5New York5Delaware5Colorado5New Hampshire4Georgia4

Who owns them registrant type

Individual72 (50%)Corporation31 (21%)Co-owned22 (15%)LLC11 (8%)Partnership8 (6%)Government1 (0.7%)

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

Version	Registered	Built	Share
N3N-3	145	1938 to 1961	100.0%

When they were built by decade · 31 with no year on file

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

Registration status

Valid144 (99%)Pending1 (0.7%)

Airworthiness certificate class

Standard80 (55%)Restricted47 (32%)None on file11 (8%)Experimental6 (4%)Multiple1 (0.7%)

Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs

Abidance INC9Db Aero INC5Mid Continent Aircraft CORP2Iowa Military Aviation Heritage Museum2Ace Aeromotive INC2Western Pilot Service INC1Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum1Warhawk Air Museum1Vintage Aircraft LLC1Tsi Holdco INC1Swager Shannon D1Sky Lines Aerial Ads LLC1

Fleet pages: Abidance INC · Db Aero INC · Mid Continent Aircraft CORP · Iowa Military Aviation Heritage Museum · Ace Aeromotive INC · Western Pilot Service INC · Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum · Vintage Aircraft LLC

Accident history NTSB records · 12 cases since 1982, 1 fatal

2025-08-31WPR25LA271 · N3N-3 N45254 · accident near Red Lodge, MT · minor injuries

2008-10-26WPR09LA025 · N3N-3 N44848 · accident near Rialto, CA · no injuries

2008-06-07CHI08CA186 · N3N-3 N582WH · accident near Luckey, OH · no injuries

1998-06-20LAX98LA207 · N3N-3 N45053 · accident near Skull Valley, AZ · serious injuries

1997-11-18MIA98LA027 · N3N-3 N45018 · accident near Spruce Pine, NC · no injuries

1996-04-03LAX96LA153 · N3N-3 N45043 · accident near Chandler, AZ · no injuries

1994-08-10ATL94LA153 · N3N-3 N44970 · accident near Beaufort, SC · no injuries

1992-04-30DEN92LA049 · N3N-3 N45033 · accident near Montrose, CO · minor injuries

The 8 most recent of 12 cases where the NTSB's make and model match this family's versions. Rates per registered aircraft, phases of flight and causes are coming with the analytics stage. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record.

Questions people ask answers refresh every morning

How many Naval Aircraft Factory N3 aircraft are registered in the U.S.?

145 as of October 2, 2026, counting 1 version the FAA records separately.

Which state has the most Naval Aircraft Factory N3s?

California, with 31.

Who owns the Naval Aircraft Factory N3?

35% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are never named on this site.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 145 N3N-3 (all versions)

Tail no.	Maker and model	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N4509T	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Mcginnis Air LLC Rising Star, Texas	Standard	2026-08-31	Valid
N45222	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2026-07-24	Valid
N773N	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2026-03-12	Valid
N583WH	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2026-03-10	Valid
N933R	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2026-03-09	Valid
N45025	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	D.C.H L.P Atherton, California	Standard	2026-02-25	Valid
N4409	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2025-09-10	Valid
N45048	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Co-owned owner California	Restricted	2025-09-02	Valid
N991PT	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Co-owned owner Nevada	Standard	2025-06-10	Valid
N42745	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	City Of Foley Foley, Alabama	Standard	2025-01-08	Valid
N45102	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2024-09-28	Valid
N44873	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Sky Lines Aerial Ads LLC North Hampton, New Hampshire	Standard	2024-05-29	Valid
N45007	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Wisconsin	Restricted	2024-05-28	Valid
N87697	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2024-05-28	Valid
N51H	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2024-05-18	Valid
N120BH	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Tsi Holdco INC Virginia Beach, Virginia	Standard	2024-05-16	Valid
N45323	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Co-owned owner Oregon	Experimental	2024-03-18	Valid
N45037	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Phantom Flyer LLC Yelm, Washington	Standard	2024-01-08	Valid
N45239	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Oregon	Restricted	2023-10-24	Valid
N45121	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner California	Standard	2023-09-14	Valid
N44874	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	AG Air Squadron Three LLC Saint Joseph, Illinois	Standard	2023-05-04	Valid
N9611	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2023-04-22	Valid
N45259	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2023-03-07	Valid
N44907	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Dmd LLC Williston Park, New York	Standard	2022-12-29	Valid
N61072	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2022-02-11	Valid
N4417	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2021-08-09	Valid
N45136	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Co-owned owner Washington	Standard	2021-06-16	Valid
N9310Z	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Vermont	Standard	2021-04-01	Valid
N45298	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Scott Ts Ag-Flyin INC Colquitt, Georgia	Experimental	2021-03-19	Valid
N44920	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2021-03-18	Valid
N6395T	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Pennsylvania	None on file	2021-02-20	Valid
N44972	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Co-owned owner Texas	Restricted	2021-01-25	Valid
N45043	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Jespersen Jay A Bettles Field, Alaska	Standard	2020-12-21	Valid
N45108	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Db Aero INC Wilmington, Delaware	Restricted	2020-10-21	Valid
N44986	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Db Aero INC Wilmington, Delaware	Restricted	2020-10-17	Valid
N44987	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Db Aero INC Wilmington, Delaware	Restricted	2020-10-17	Valid
N45234	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Db Aero INC Wilmington, Delaware	Restricted	2020-10-17	Valid
N45212	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2020-09-29	Valid
N7863C	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2020-06-08	Valid
N44954	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Ace Aeromotive INC Miami, Florida	Restricted	2020-04-10	Valid
N45026	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Ohio	None on file	2020-03-17	Valid
N44769	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner California	Standard	2020-03-12	Valid
N72792	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	National Machinery & Conveyor INC Marion, Indiana	Standard	2020-01-21	Valid
N44902	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Morris Jennifer Houghton Shelburne, Vermont	Standard	2019-11-13	Valid
N44848	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Flabob Airport LLC Riverside, California	Standard	2019-09-23	Valid
N45079	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Florida	Restricted	2019-07-11	Valid
N44757	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner California	Restricted	2018-06-28	Valid
N60KB	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Juliet Whiskey Aviation LLC Gilbert, Arizona	Standard	2018-05-09	Valid
N45064	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Co-owned owner Missouri	Restricted	2018-03-20	Valid
N45018	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2018-03-05	Valid
N45279	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Oregon	Restricted	2017-10-27	Valid
N9181R	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Air Center Aviation INC Van Nuys, California	Standard	2017-10-24	Valid
N44707	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2017-09-11	Valid
N44970	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2017-02-28	Valid
N44821	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2017-01-10	Valid
N45261	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2016-12-23	Valid
N44758	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Motorstyle Aero LLC Missoula, Montana	Restricted	2016-10-19	Valid
N44723	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2016-06-16	Valid
N66CV	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2015-07-22	Valid
N45070	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Patterson Frederick W III American Canyon, California	Standard	2015-04-15	Valid
N44816	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Swager Shannon D Ione, California	None on file	2014-12-08	Valid
N44720	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Abidance INC Winthrop, Washington	Restricted	2014-08-14	Valid
N2896	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Room Nine LLC Casper, Wyoming	Standard	2014-07-31	Valid
N9309Z	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Abidance INC Winthrop, Washington	None on file	2014-05-27	Valid
N44843	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2014-04-30	Valid
N9316Z	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Buzzard Air Service LLC Carleton, Michigan	Standard	2014-04-07	Valid
N44711	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Abidance INC Winthrop, Washington	Restricted	2014-04-04	Valid
N44750	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Abidance INC Winthrop, Washington	Restricted	2014-04-04	Valid
N44822	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Abidance INC Winthrop, Washington	None on file	2014-04-04	Valid
N45097	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Abidance INC Winthrop, Washington	Standard	2014-04-04	Valid
N45185	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Abidance INC Winthrop, Washington	Restricted	2014-04-04	Valid
N45195	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Abidance INC Winthrop, Washington	Restricted	2014-04-04	Valid
N45233	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Abidance INC Winthrop, Washington	Restricted	2014-04-04	Valid
N45300	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2013-10-29	Valid
N45178	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Washington	Restricted	2013-10-24	Valid
N45163	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Bi-Plane Adventures INC Kennesaw, Georgia	Standard	2013-04-03	Valid
N44827	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner California	Restricted	2012-12-04	Valid
N45305	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Warhawk Air Museum Nampa, Idaho	Standard	2012-01-26	Valid
N44963	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Co-owned owner Michigan	Standard	2011-09-13	Valid
N45228	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Co-owned owner California	Restricted	2011-04-15	Valid
N4742C	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner New Hampshire	None on file	2011-02-14	Valid
N678ZB	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Experimental	2010-12-08	Valid
N12063	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Co-owned owner Colorado	Standard	2010-10-22	Valid
N7752C	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Penning Steven Windsor, California	Restricted	2010-06-04	Valid
N45144	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Hutton William D Molena, Georgia	Restricted	2010-05-21	Valid
N45229	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2010-02-02	Valid
N44922	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Wyoming	Standard	2009-09-23	Valid
N45120	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Iowa Military Aviation Heritage Museum Ankeny, Iowa	Restricted	2009-04-24	Valid
N45184	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Iowa Military Aviation Heritage Museum Ankeny, Iowa	Experimental	2009-04-24	Valid
N91RH	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner California	Standard	2008-11-18	Valid
N44952	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner California	Restricted	2008-08-05	Valid
N45131	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Db Aero INC Wilmington, Delaware	Experimental	2008-01-08	Valid
N4009A	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum Dallas, Texas	Standard	2007-12-28	Valid
N2860	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Western Pilot Service INC Phoenix, Arizona	Standard	2007-12-05	Valid
N45296	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner	Standard	2007-12-04	Valid
N45104	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2007-05-11	Valid
N45015	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2007-04-02	Valid
N45042	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum Hood River, Oregon	Standard	2007-02-08	Valid
N44988	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Co-owned owner Colorado	None on file	2006-05-31	Valid
N45106	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2005-10-24	Valid