Single-engine piston

N4AV

1949 Ryan Navion A

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1949
Serial
NAV-4-1844
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming TIO-540 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Southwest Aircraft LLC (LLC)
Based
Fairacres, NM
Registration record

N4AV on the FAA register

Type
1949 Ryan Navion A
Serial
NAV-4-1844
Engines
Lycoming TIO-540 series
Registered owner
Southwest Aircraft LLC
Fairacres, NM
Certificate issued
2020-10-07
Airworthiness date
1994-12-13
Registration expires
2027-10-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · utility
Mode S (hex)
A4A803
Mode S (octal)
51124003
Seats (type)
5
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-10-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2020-10-07
    Certificate of registration issued as N4AV.
  • 1994-12-13
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (utility)).
  • 1949
    Manufactured (1949).
Overview

About N4AV

N4AV is a 1949 Ryan Navion A, serial number NAV-4-1844. The FAA register lists Southwest Aircraft LLC as the registrant in Fairacres, New Mexico. The current certificate of registration was issued on October 7, 2020 and expires on October 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming TIO-540 series engine and 5 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (utility), dated December 13, 1994.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N4AV.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N4AV.

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.