Single-engine piston

N4509T

1940 Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1940
Serial
4420
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Mcginnis Air LLC (LLC)
Based
Rising Star, TX
Registration record

N4509T on the FAA register

Type
1940 Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3
Serial
4420
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
Registered owner
Mcginnis Air LLC
Rising Star, TX
Certificate issued
2026-08-31
Airworthiness date
2026-09-10
Registration expires
2033-08-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A575C1
Mode S (octal)
51272701
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2033-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-09-10
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 2026-08-31
    Certificate of registration issued as N4509T to the current registrant.
  • 2011-12-05
    N4509T previously assigned to a Piper Cherokee 6/300 / Cherokee Six 300 / PA-32-300 (s/n 32-7240083); cancelled.
  • 1940
    Manufactured (1940).
Overview

About N4509T

N4509T is a 1940 Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3, serial number 4420. The FAA register lists Mcginnis Air LLC as the registrant in Rising Star, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 31, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Pratt & Whitney R-985 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated September 10, 2026.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N4509T. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2006-08-11 Accident · Saipan Damage: Destroyed Serious injury NTSB · LAX06FA258
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-32-300 — a different aircraft that carried the N4509T registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: A loss of engine power during the initial climb due to fuel starvation resulting from the pilot's improper fuel selector valve position selection and his failure to select a tank containing an adequate fuel supply. Contributing to the accident was the high vegetation and dark night lighting conditions.

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.