Single-engine piston

N1639P

1939 Homebuilt I-16 Type 24

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1939
Serial
2421028
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Tsi Holdco Inc (Corporation)
Based
Virginia Beach, VA
Registration record

N1639P on the FAA register

Type
1939 Homebuilt I-16 Type 24
Serial
2421028
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Registered owner
Tsi Holdco Inc
Virginia Beach, VA
Certificate issued
2024-05-16
Airworthiness date
2003-03-18
Registration expires
2031-05-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A10074
Mode S (octal)
50200164
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-05-16
    Certificate of registration issued as N1639P to the current registrant.
  • 2003-03-18
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1970-06-19
    N1639P previously assigned to a Piper PA-22-150 (s/n 22-2453); cancelled.
  • 1939
    Manufactured (1939).
Overview

About N1639P

N1639P is a 1939 Homebuilt I-16 Type 24, serial number 2421028. The FAA register lists Tsi Holdco Inc as the registrant in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 16, 2024 and expires on May 31, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated March 18, 2003.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N1639P. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1967-03-28 Accident · Long Beach,Calif, 05 Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · 2 0508
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-22 — a different aircraft that carried the N1639P 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.