Single-engine piston

N42FM

1949 Homebuilt MS 500

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1949
Serial
751
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Tsi Holdco Inc (Corporation)
Based
Virginia Beach, VA
Registration record

N42FM on the FAA register

Type
1949 Homebuilt MS 500
Serial
751
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Registered owner
Tsi Holdco Inc
Virginia Beach, VA
Certificate issued
2025-12-12
Airworthiness date
2010-08-30
Registration expires
2032-12-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A4F9CF
Mode S (octal)
51174717
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-12-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-12-12
    Certificate of registration issued as N42FM to the current registrant.
  • 2010-08-30
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1975-11-28
    N42FM previously assigned to a Lockheed 188C (s/n 188C-1077); cancelled.
  • 1949
    Manufactured (1949).
Overview

About N42FM

N42FM is a 1949 Homebuilt MS 500, serial number 751. The FAA register lists Tsi Holdco Inc as the registrant in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 12, 2025 and expires on December 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated August 30, 2010.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N42FM.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N42FM.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

Same state

Other aircraft registered in Virginia

All 5,972 aircraft registered in Virginia →
Similar aircraft

Other single-engine pistons on the register

More from Morane-Saulnier

Morane-Saulnier models on the register

Own N42FM?

Get a free valuation, digitize the logbooks, or list it on fyiAero.

Free valuation Logbook transcription

Browse: Aircraft registered in Virginia· Registry by state· FAA registry stats

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.