Single-engine piston

N40265

1941 Fairchild M-62A-4

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1941
Serial
T41562
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Fairchild 6-440 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum (Corporation)
Based
Dallas, TX
Registration record

N40265 on the FAA register

Type
1941 Fairchild M-62A-4
Serial
T41562
Engines
Fairchild 6-440 series
Registered owner
American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum
Dallas, TX
Certificate issued
2005-01-05
Airworthiness date
2004-09-10
Registration expires
2029-07-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A4B757
Mode S (octal)
51133527
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2005-01-05
    Certificate of registration issued as N40265 to the current registrant.
  • 2004-09-10
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1997-12-31
    N40265 previously assigned to a Robinson R22 BETA II Piston Helicopters / R22 BETA Piston Helicopters / R22B Piston Helicopters (s/n 1523); cancelled.
  • 1989-02-21
    N40265 previously assigned to a Piper Turbo Aztec F / Turbo Aztec E / Aztec B (s/n 277305078); cancelled.
  • 1941
    Manufactured (1941).
Overview

About N40265

N40265 is a 1941 Fairchild M-62A-4, serial number T41562. The FAA register lists American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum as the registrant in Dallas, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on January 5, 2005 and expires on July 31, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Fairchild 6-440 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated September 10, 2004.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N40265. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1988-01-18 Accident · Carbondale, IL Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · CHI88FA046
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-23-250 — a different aircraft that carried the N40265 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.