Single-engine piston

N42745

1941 Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1941
Serial
4383
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Wright 760A B D E&ET
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
City of Foley (Government)
Based
Foley, AL
Registration record

N42745 on the FAA register

Type
1941 Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3
Serial
4383
Engines
Wright 760A B D E&ET
Registered owner
City of Foley
Foley, AL
Certificate issued
2025-01-08
Airworthiness date
1992-04-10
Registration expires
2032-01-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A518A2
Mode S (octal)
51214242
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-01-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-01-08
    Certificate of registration issued as N42745 to the current registrant.
  • 1992-04-10
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1956-10-31
    N42745 previously assigned to a Piper J-3 Cub / J3 Cub / L-4 Cub (s/n 15050); cancelled.
  • 1941
    Manufactured (1941).
Overview

About N42745

N42745 is a 1941 Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3, serial number 4383. The FAA register lists City of Foley as the registrant in Foley, Alabama. The current certificate of registration was issued on January 8, 2025 and expires on January 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Wright 760A B D E&ET engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated April 10, 1992.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N42745. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1969-04-03 Accident · Copperhill,Tenn, 42 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 0850
Reported aircraft: Cessna 182 — a different aircraft that carried the N42745 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: FLT CONTROLS-UNABLE TO MOVE ELEV AFT OF NEUTRAL.

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.