Single-engine piston

N7459

1940 Homebuilt I-16 Type 24

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1940
Serial
2421014
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Wsk-Pzl ASZ-621R-16
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Wartime History Museum Inc (Corporation)
Based
Tacoma, WA
Registration record

N7459 on the FAA register

Type
1940 Homebuilt I-16 Type 24
Serial
2421014
Engines
Wsk-Pzl ASZ-621R-16
Registered owner
Wartime History Museum Inc
Tacoma, WA
Certificate issued
2023-03-03
Airworthiness date
2009-02-12
Registration expires
2030-03-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
AA08B0
Mode S (octal)
52404260
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 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 N7459 to the current registrant.
  • 2009-02-12
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1971-03-17
    N7459 previously assigned to a Homebuilt Viscount 797 (s/n 214); cancelled.
  • 1940
    Manufactured (1940).
Overview

About N7459

N7459 is a 1940 Homebuilt I-16 Type 24, serial number 2421014. 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 Wsk-Pzl ASZ-621R-16 engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated February 12, 2009.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N7459. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1987-01-12 Accident · Lanai, HI Damage: Substantial NTSB · LAX87LA083
Reported aircraft: Cessna 172K — a different aircraft that carried the N7459 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.