Single-engine piston

N4503K

1948 Ryan Navion

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1948
Serial
NAV-4-1503
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Continental E185 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Northwest Navion Inc (Corporation)
Based
Arlington, WA
Registration record

N4503K on the FAA register

Type
1948 Ryan Navion
Serial
NAV-4-1503
Engines
Continental E185 series
Registered owner
Northwest Navion Inc
Arlington, WA
Certificate issued
2010-09-09
Airworthiness date
1955-08-02
Registration expires
2028-07-31
Airworthiness class
Standard
Mode S (hex)
A574E7
Mode S (octal)
51272347
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2010-09-09
    Certificate of registration issued as N4503K.
  • 1955-08-02
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category).
  • 1948
    Manufactured (1948).
Overview

About N4503K

N4503K is a 1948 Ryan Navion, serial number NAV-4-1503. The FAA register lists Northwest Navion Inc as the registrant in Arlington, Washington. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 9, 2010 and expires on July 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Continental E185 series engine and 4 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category, dated August 2, 1955.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N4503K. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1977-04-26 Accident · Schaumburg,Il, 13 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 0725
Reported aircraft: Navion A — a different aircraft that carried the N4503K registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: TIAL.

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.