Single-engine piston

N49797

1945 Fairchild PT-26

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1945
Serial
T42-3273
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
1945 Fairchild PT-26
Representative photo of a Fairchild PT-26. Not a photo of N49797.
Registration record

N49797 on the FAA register

Type
1945 Fairchild PT-26 (FAA: Fairchild M-62A)
Serial
T42-3273
Engines
Fairchild 6-440 series
Registered owner
American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum
Dallas, TX
Certificate issued
2003-08-28
Airworthiness date
1994-09-06
Registration expires
2028-03-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A62DCC
Mode S (octal)
51426714
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2003-08-28
    Certificate of registration issued as N49797.
  • 1994-09-06
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1945
    Manufactured (1945).
Overview

About N49797

N49797 is a 1945 Fairchild PT-26 (FAA model M-62A), serial number T42-3273. The FAA register lists American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum as the registrant in Dallas, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 28, 2003 and expires on March 31, 2028.

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 6, 1994.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N49797.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N49797.

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.