Single-engine piston

N53JB

1942 Homebuilt F4U-4

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1942
Serial
BU81698
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
P & W R-2800 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
War Eagles Air Museum (Corporation)
Based
Santa Teresa, NM
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Registration record

N53JB on the FAA register

Type
1942 Homebuilt F4U-4
Serial
BU81698
Engines
P & W R-2800 series
Registered owner
War Eagles Air Museum
Santa Teresa, NM
Certificate issued
1995-09-11
Airworthiness date
1981-03-18
Registration expires
2028-07-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A6AEDE
Mode S (octal)
51527336
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
12,500–19,999 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 1995-09-11
    Certificate of registration issued as N53JB.
  • 1981-03-18
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1942
    Manufactured (1942).
Overview

About N53JB

N53JB is a 1942 Homebuilt F4U-4, serial number BU81698. The FAA register lists War Eagles Air Museum as the registrant in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 11, 1995 and expires on July 31, 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 March 18, 1981.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N53JB.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N53JB.

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.