Multi-engine piston

N22968

1954 Fairchild C-123K

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1954
Serial
54-664
Class
Multi-engine piston
Engines
5 × P & W R-2800 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Air Heritage Incorporated (Corporation)
Based
Beaver Falls, PA
Registration record

N22968 on the FAA register

Type
1954 Fairchild C-123K
Serial
54-664
Engines
5 × P & W R-2800 series
Registered owner
Air Heritage Incorporated
Beaver Falls, PA
Certificate issued
1996-11-13
Airworthiness date
2026-07-22
Registration expires
2028-10-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A205BB
Mode S (octal)
50402673
Seats (type)
52
Weight class
20,000 lb and over
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-10-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-07-22
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1996-11-13
    Certificate of registration issued as N22968 to the current registrant.
  • 1989-01-05
    N22968 previously assigned to a Cessna 150H (s/n 15068650); cancelled.
  • 1954
    Manufactured (1954).
Overview

About N22968

N22968 is a 1954 Fairchild C-123K, serial number 54-664. The FAA register lists Air Heritage Incorporated as the registrant in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. The current certificate of registration was issued on November 13, 1996 and expires on October 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a multi-engine piston, 5 P & W R-2800 series engines and 52 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated July 22, 2026.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N22968. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1986-11-02 Accident · Portland, TX Damage: Substantial NTSB · FTW87LA014
Reported aircraft: Cessna 150H — a different aircraft that carried the N22968 registration before this airframe.
1978-03-26 Accident · Shiner,Tx, 43 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1014
Reported aircraft: Cessna 150 — a different aircraft that carried the N22968 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.