Single-engine piston

N52494

Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard MKIV

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record
Built
—
Serial
CCF4-387
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Navy Flight Trainer LLC (LLC)
Based
Salem, SC
Registration record

N52494 on the FAA register

Type
Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard MKIV (FAA: Canadian Car & Foundry HARVARD MK IV)
Serial
CCF4-387
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
Registered owner
Navy Flight Trainer LLC
Salem, SC
Certificate issued
2022-12-17
Airworthiness date
1988-05-06
Registration expires
2029-12-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · air racing
Mode S (hex)
A69B7A
Mode S (octal)
51515572
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-12-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-07-25
    Accident at Oshkosh, WI; damage: substantial.
  • 2022-12-17
    Certificate of registration issued as N52494 to the current registrant.
  • 1988-05-06
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (air racing)).
  • 1971-01-19
    N52494 previously assigned to a Boeing/Stearman A75 N1 / PT-17 Kaydet (s/n 75-4377); cancelled.
Overview

About N52494

N52494 is a Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard MKIV (FAA model HARVARD MK IV), serial number CCF4-387. The FAA register lists Navy Flight Trainer LLC as the registrant in Salem, South Carolina. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 17, 2022 and expires on December 31, 2029.

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 (air racing), dated May 6, 1988.

N52494 has 1 accident/incident record on file (most serious damage: substantial); details are below. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2024-07-25 Accident · Oshkosh, WI Damage: Substantial NTSB · WPR24LA253
Reported aircraft: Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard MK IV
Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop.
NTSB report ↗
1986-08-15 Accident · Glen Willow, OH Damage: Destroyed NTSB · ATL86FEI09
Reported aircraft: Cessna 182 — a different aircraft that carried the N52494 registration before this airframe.

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.