Single-engine piston

N515SA

1943 North American AT-6D

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record
Built
1943
Serial
8814953
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Vintage Flying Machines Inc (Corporation)
Based
Huntington, IN
Registration record

N515SA on the FAA register

Type
1943 North American AT-6D
Serial
8814953
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
Registered owner
Vintage Flying Machines Inc
Huntington, IN
Certificate issued
2025-07-02
Airworthiness date
1997-03-04
Registration expires
2032-07-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · showing compliance
Mode S (hex)
A67593
Mode S (octal)
51472623
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-07-02
    Certificate of registration issued as N515SA.
  • 2022-05-02
    Accident at Huntington, IN; damage: substantial.
  • 1997-03-04
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (showing compliance)).
  • 1943
    Manufactured (1943).
Overview

About N515SA

N515SA is a 1943 North American AT-6D, serial number 8814953. The FAA register lists Vintage Flying Machines Inc as the registrant in Huntington, Indiana. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 2, 2025 and expires on July 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Pratt & Whitney R1340 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (showing compliance), dated March 4, 1997.

N515SA has 1 accident/incident record on file (most serious damage: substantial); details are below.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2022-05-02 Accident · Huntington, IN Damage: Substantial NTSB · CEN22LA193
Reported aircraft: North American AT-6D
Probable cause: Loss of directional control during landing that resulted in an impact with terrain.

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.