Single-engine piston

N54977

1943 Fairchild PT-26

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1943
Serial
T43-5770
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Fairchild 6-440 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Port Townsend Aero Museum (Corporation)
Based
Port Townsend, WA
1943 Fairchild PT-26
Representative photo of a Fairchild PT-26. Not a photo of N54977.
Registration record

N54977 on the FAA register

Type
1943 Fairchild PT-26 (FAA: Fairchild M-62A)
Serial
T43-5770
Engines
Fairchild 6-440 series
Registered owner
Port Townsend Aero Museum
Port Townsend, WA
Certificate issued
2018-09-04
Airworthiness date
1992-07-24
Registration expires
2028-09-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A6FCC8
Mode S (octal)
51576310
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-09-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2018-09-04
    Certificate of registration issued as N54977 to the current registrant.
  • 1992-07-24
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1957-09-12
    N54977 previously assigned to a Cessna UC-78 (s/n 5818); cancelled.
  • 1943
    Manufactured (1943).
Overview

About N54977

N54977 is a 1943 Fairchild PT-26 (FAA model M-62A), serial number T43-5770. The FAA register lists Port Townsend Aero Museum as the registrant in Port Townsend, Washington. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 4, 2018 and expires on September 30, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Fairchild 6-440 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated July 24, 1992.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N54977.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N54977.

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.