Single-engine piston

N7159Z

1945 Homebuilt P-47D

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1945
Serial
45-49406
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
P & W R-2800 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Wartime History Museum Inc (Corporation)
Based
Tacoma, WA
Registration record

N7159Z on the FAA register

Type
1945 Homebuilt P-47D
Serial
45-49406
Engines
P & W R-2800 series
Registered owner
Wartime History Museum Inc
Tacoma, WA
Certificate issued
2023-03-03
Airworthiness date
2005-12-21
Registration expires
2030-03-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A9924B
Mode S (octal)
52311113
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
12,500–19,999 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2023-03-03
    Certificate of registration issued as N7159Z.
  • 2005-12-21
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1945
    Manufactured (1945).
Overview

About N7159Z

N7159Z is a 1945 Homebuilt P-47D, serial number 45-49406. The FAA register lists Wartime History Museum Inc as the registrant in Tacoma, Washington. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 3, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030.

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 December 21, 2005.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N7159Z.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N7159Z.

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.