Multi-engine piston

N69972

1944 Boeing B-29

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1944
Serial
44-69972
Class
Multi-engine piston
Engines
4 × Wright R3350 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Docs Friends Inc (Corporation)
Based
Wichita, KS
Registration record

N69972 on the FAA register

Type
1944 Boeing B-29
Serial
44-69972
Engines
4 × Wright R3350 series
Registered owner
Docs Friends Inc
Wichita, KS
Certificate issued
2012-11-05
Airworthiness date
2017-07-26
Registration expires
2028-11-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A94F8D
Mode S (octal)
52247615
Seats (type)
11
Weight class
20,000 lb and over
Ownership
Fractional
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-11-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2017-07-26
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 2012-11-05
    Certificate of registration issued as N69972.
  • 1944
    Manufactured (1944).
Overview

About N69972

N69972 is a 1944 Boeing B-29, serial number 44-69972. The FAA register lists Docs Friends Inc as the registrant in Wichita, Kansas. The current certificate of registration was issued on November 5, 2012 and expires on November 30, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a multi-engine piston, four Wright R3350 series engines and 11 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated July 26, 2017.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N69972. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1964-02-15 Accident · Columbus Ohio, 35 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 0367
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft A45 — a different aircraft that carried the N69972 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.