Single-engine piston

N551D

1944 North American F-51D

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1944
Serial
44-14826
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Rolls-Royce V-1650-7
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
P51 Mustang LLC (LLC)
Based
Beaverton, OR
Registration record

N551D on the FAA register

Type
1944 North American F-51D (FAA: North American/Aero Classics P-51D)
Serial
44-14826
Engines
Rolls-Royce V-1650-7
Registered owner
P51 Mustang LLC
Beaverton, OR
Certificate issued
2015-04-30
Airworthiness date
1983-10-14
Registration expires
2028-04-30
Airworthiness class
Limited
Mode S (hex)
A7036D
Mode S (octal)
51601555
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2015-04-30
    Certificate of registration issued as N551D to the current registrant.
  • 1983-10-14
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (limited category).
  • 1966-06-29
    N551D previously assigned to a Homebuilt F-51D (s/n 4511489); cancelled.
  • 1944
    Manufactured (1944).
Overview

About N551D

N551D is a 1944 North American F-51D (FAA model P-51D), serial number 44-14826. The FAA register lists P51 Mustang LLC as the registrant in Beaverton, Oregon. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 30, 2015 and expires on April 30, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Rolls-Royce V-1650-7 engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is limited category, dated October 14, 1983.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N551D. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1966-04-17 Accident · Lincoln Va, 46 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 2 0211
Reported aircraft: N.American P-51 — a different aircraft that carried the N551D 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.