Single-engine piston

N1043C

1938 North American SNJ 5

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1938
Serial
8815726
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Tigers Aviation LLC (LLC)
Based
Wasilla, AK
Registration record

N1043C on the FAA register

Type
1938 North American SNJ 5 (FAA: North American SNJ-5)
Serial
8815726
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
Registered owner
Tigers Aviation LLC
Wasilla, AK
Certificate issued
2021-05-04
Airworthiness date
1958-12-01
Registration expires
2028-05-31
Airworthiness class
Standard
Mode S (hex)
A01654
Mode S (octal)
50013124
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2021-05-04
    Certificate of registration issued as N1043C.
  • 1958-12-01
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category).
  • 1938
    Manufactured (1938).
Overview

About N1043C

N1043C is a 1938 North American SNJ 5 (FAA model SNJ-5), serial number 8815726. The FAA register lists Tigers Aviation LLC as the registrant in Wasilla, Alaska. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 4, 2021 and expires on May 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Pratt & Whitney R1340 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category, dated December 1, 1958.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N1043C. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1980-08-08 Accident · Long Beach,Ca, 05 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 3006
Reported aircraft: N American SNJ-5 — a different aircraft that carried the N1043C registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: NOT SEATING DUE TO DIRT OR RUST.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.