N79863
1945 Homebuilt F6F-5
N79863 on the FAA register
Timeline
- 2030-03-31Registration expires (renewal due).
- 2023-03-03Certificate of registration issued as N79863 to the current registrant.
- 2015-01-14Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
- 1971-02-11N79863 previously assigned to a Mooney M20E Super 21 / M20E Chaparral (s/n 526); cancelled.
- 1945Manufactured (1945).
About N79863
N79863 is a 1945 Homebuilt F6F-5, serial number 79863. 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 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated January 14, 2015.
No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N79863.
Accident & incident history
✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N79863.
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.
