Single-engine piston

N8539A

1950 Homebuilt T-28D

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1950
Serial
51-3627
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Wright 1820F56
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Townsend Aviation Inc (Corporation)
Based
Chalmers, IN
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Registration record

N8539A on the FAA register

Type
1950 Homebuilt T-28D
Serial
51-3627
Engines
Wright 1820F56
Registered owner
Townsend Aviation Inc
Chalmers, IN
Certificate issued
2024-08-22
Airworthiness date
1993-11-09
Registration expires
2031-08-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
ABB611
Mode S (octal)
52733021
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
12,500–19,999 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-08-22
    Certificate of registration issued as N8539A.
  • 1993-11-09
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1950
    Manufactured (1950).
Overview

About N8539A

N8539A is a 1950 Homebuilt T-28D, serial number 51-3627. The FAA register lists Townsend Aviation Inc as the registrant in Chalmers, Indiana. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 22, 2024 and expires on August 31, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Wright 1820F56 engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated November 9, 1993.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N8539A.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N8539A.

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.