Single-engine piston

N6168C

1944 North American F-51D

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1944
Serial
44-73704
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Rolls-Royce V-1650-7
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Platinum Fighter Sales LLC (LLC)
Based
Redondo Beach, CA
Registration record

N6168C on the FAA register

Type
1944 North American F-51D (FAA: North American P-51D)
Serial
44-73704
Engines
Rolls-Royce V-1650-7
Registered owner
Platinum Fighter Sales LLC
Redondo Beach, CA
Certificate issued
2026-06-26
Airworthiness date
2019-08-09
Registration expires
2033-06-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A8087B
Mode S (octal)
52004173
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2033-06-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-06-26
    Certificate of registration issued as N6168C.
  • 2019-08-09
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1944
    Manufactured (1944).
Overview

About N6168C

N6168C is a 1944 North American F-51D (FAA model P-51D), serial number 44-73704. The FAA register lists Platinum Fighter Sales LLC as the registrant in Redondo Beach, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on June 26, 2026 and expires on June 30, 2033.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Rolls-Royce V-1650-7 engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated August 9, 2019.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N6168C. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1968-08-10 Accident · Sarasota,Fla, 09 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 3959
Reported aircraft: N American F-51D — a different aircraft that carried the N6168C registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: K IN RDCD PWR PSN. 7.4 HR SINCE ANNUAL INSP.

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.