Single-engine piston

N14WB

1949 Grumman F8F

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1949
Serial
122619
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
P & W R-2800 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Spitfire Ventures LLC (LLC)
Based
San Antonio, TX
Registration record

N14WB on the FAA register

Type
1949 Grumman F8F (FAA: Grumman F8F-2)
Serial
122619
Engines
P & W R-2800 series
Registered owner
Spitfire Ventures LLC
San Antonio, TX
Certificate issued
2023-12-09
Airworthiness date
1981-07-27
Registration expires
2030-12-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A0A24D
Mode S (octal)
50121115
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-12-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2023-12-09
    Certificate of registration issued as N14WB.
  • 1981-07-27
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1949
    Manufactured (1949).
Overview

About N14WB

N14WB is a 1949 Grumman F8F (FAA model F8F-2), serial number 122619. The FAA register lists Spitfire Ventures LLC as the registrant in San Antonio, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 9, 2023 and expires on December 31, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one P & W R-2800 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated July 27, 1981.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N14WB.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N14WB.

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.