Single-engine piston

N12288

Detroit Vega DL-1

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
161
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
P & W R-985-AN-14B
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Mid America Flight Museum (Corporation)
Based
Mount Pleasant, TX
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Registration record

N12288 on the FAA register

Type
Detroit Vega DL-1
Serial
161
Engines
P & W R-985-AN-14B
Registered owner
Mid America Flight Museum
Mount Pleasant, TX
Certificate issued
2021-08-10
Airworthiness date
1970-11-03
Registration expires
2028-08-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A05EB1
Mode S (octal)
50057261
Seats (type)
5
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2021-08-10
    Certificate of registration issued as N12288.
  • 1970-11-03
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
Overview

About N12288

N12288 is a Detroit Vega DL-1, serial number 161. The FAA register lists Mid America Flight Museum as the registrant in Mount Pleasant, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 10, 2021 and expires on August 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one P & W R-985-AN-14B engine and 5 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated November 3, 1970.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N12288. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1984-03-08 Accident · Yukon, OK Damage: Substantial NTSB · FTW84LA186
Reported aircraft: Lockheed VEGA-1 — a different aircraft that carried the N12288 registration before this airframe.

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.