Single-engine piston

N1940R

1940 Ryan Aircraft STM-2

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1940
Serial
494
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Menasco PIRATE D4-87
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
San Luis Obispo, CA
Registration record

N1940R on the FAA register

Type
1940 Ryan Aircraft STM-2
Serial
494
Engines
Menasco PIRATE D4-87
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
San Luis Obispo, CA
Certificate issued
2024-06-25
Airworthiness date
2017-02-10
Registration expires
2031-06-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A1796F
Mode S (octal)
50274557
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-06-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-06-25
    Certificate of registration issued as N1940R to the current registrant.
  • 2017-02-10
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 2009-06-25
    N1940R previously assigned to a Raven S-50A (s/n S50A-147); cancelled.
  • 1940
    Manufactured (1940).
Overview

About N1940R

N1940R is a 1940 Ryan Aircraft STM-2, serial number 494. It is registered to an individual in San Luis Obispo, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on June 25, 2024 and expires on June 30, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Menasco PIRATE D4-87 engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated February 10, 2017.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N1940R.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N1940R.

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.