Single-engine piston

N51979

1944 North American SNJ 5

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1944
Serial
51979
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Up North LLC (LLC)
Based
Wilmington, DE
Registration record

N51979 on the FAA register

Type
1944 North American SNJ 5 (FAA: North American SNJ-5)
Serial
51979
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
Registered owner
Up North LLC
Wilmington, DE
Certificate issued
2018-04-12
Airworthiness date
1979-04-26
Registration expires
2028-04-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A6864D
Mode S (octal)
51503115
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2018-04-12
    Certificate of registration issued as N51979 to the current registrant.
  • 1979-04-26
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1951-02-14
    N51979 previously assigned to a Fairchild PT-26 (s/n T40-139); cancelled.
  • 1944
    Manufactured (1944).
Overview

About N51979

N51979 is a 1944 North American SNJ 5 (FAA model SNJ-5), serial number 51979. The FAA register lists Up North LLC as the registrant in Wilmington, Delaware. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 12, 2018 and expires on April 30, 2028.

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 standard category (normal), dated April 26, 1979.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N51979.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N51979.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

Same model

More North American SNJ 5 aircraft

All 121 North American SNJ 5 registrations →
Same state

Other aircraft registered in Delaware

All 10,965 aircraft registered in Delaware →
Similar aircraft

Other single-engine pistons on the register

  • N316991948 Piper Cherokee 6/300
  • N66AB1969 Beechcraft F33A Bonanza
  • N103TX2001 Cessna 182T Skylane
  • N432371952 Piper Warrior
  • N17CC1969 Beechcraft V35B Bonanza
  • N252881945 Luscombe 8A
More from North American

North American models on the register

Own N51979?

Get a free valuation, digitize the logbooks, or list it on fyiAero.

Free valuation Logbook transcription

Browse: Aircraft registered in Delaware· Registry by state· FAA registry stats

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.