Single-engine piston

N1DF

1948 Grumman F8F

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1948
Serial
121748
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
P & W R-2800 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Comanche Warbirds Inc (Corporation)
Based
Houston, TX
Registration record

N1DF on the FAA register

Type
1948 Grumman F8F (FAA: Grumman F8F-2)
Serial
121748
Engines
P & W R-2800 series
Registered owner
Comanche Warbirds Inc
Houston, TX
Certificate issued
2007-11-27
Airworthiness date
2005-07-13
Registration expires
2028-10-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A00053
Mode S (octal)
50000123
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-10-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2007-11-27
    Certificate of registration issued as N1DF.
  • 2005-07-13
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1948
    Manufactured (1948).
Overview

About N1DF

N1DF is a 1948 Grumman F8F (FAA model F8F-2), serial number 121748. The FAA register lists Comanche Warbirds Inc as the registrant in Houston, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on November 27, 2007 and expires on October 31, 2028.

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 13, 2005.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N1DF.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N1DF.

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.