Single-engine piston

N71FT

1944 North American F-51D

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1944
Serial
00-30
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Rolls-Royce V-1650-7
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Bakersfield, CA
Registration record

N71FT on the FAA register

Type
1944 North American F-51D (FAA: North American/Destefani P-51D)
Serial
00-30
Engines
Rolls-Royce V-1650-7
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Bakersfield, CA
Certificate issued
1990-07-30
Airworthiness date
1983-09-09
Registration expires
2028-04-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · air racing
Mode S (hex)
A97A43
Mode S (octal)
52275103
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).
  • 1990-07-30
    Certificate of registration issued as N71FT.
  • 1983-09-09
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (air racing)).
  • 1944
    Manufactured (1944).
Overview

About N71FT

N71FT is a 1944 North American F-51D (FAA model P-51D), serial number 00-30. It is registered to an individual in Bakersfield, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 30, 1990 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 experimental category (air racing), dated September 9, 1983.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N71FT.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N71FT.

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.