Single-engine piston

N4TF

1945 Homebuilt F4U-4

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1945
Serial
9418
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
P & W R-2800 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Comanche Warbirds Inc (Corporation)
Based
Houston, TX
Registration record

N4TF on the FAA register

Type
1945 Homebuilt F4U-4
Serial
9418
Engines
P & W R-2800 series
Registered owner
Comanche Warbirds Inc
Houston, TX
Certificate issued
2012-04-20
Airworthiness date
2007-12-27
Registration expires
2028-04-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A4A99E
Mode S (octal)
51124636
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
12,500–19,999 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2012-04-20
    Certificate of registration issued as N4TF.
  • 2007-12-27
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1945
    Manufactured (1945).
Overview

About N4TF

N4TF is a 1945 Homebuilt F4U-4, serial number 9418. The FAA register lists Comanche Warbirds Inc as the registrant in Houston, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 20, 2012 and expires on April 30, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one P & W R-2800 series engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated December 27, 2007.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N4TF.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N4TF.

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.