Multi-engine piston

N8610

1948 Lockheed C-121A

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1948
Serial
2602
Class
Multi-engine piston
Engines
4 × Wright R3350 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Dynamic Avlease Inc (Corporation)
Based
Bridgewater, VA
Registration record

N8610 on the FAA register

Type
1948 Lockheed C-121A
Serial
2602
Engines
4 × Wright R3350 series
Registered owner
Dynamic Avlease Inc
Bridgewater, VA
Certificate issued
2019-03-04
Airworthiness date
2016-03-17
Registration expires
2029-03-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
ABD4E6
Mode S (octal)
52752346
Seats (type)
63
Weight class
20,000 lb and over
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2019-03-04
    Certificate of registration issued as N8610 to the current registrant.
  • 2016-03-17
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 2013-06-28
    N8610 previously assigned to a Douglas DC-3/C-47 (s/n 25615); cancelled.
  • 1979-02-28
    N8610 previously assigned to a Douglas DC-8-21 (s/n 45431); cancelled.
  • 1948
    Manufactured (1948).
Overview

About N8610

N8610 is a 1948 Lockheed C-121A, serial number 2602. The FAA register lists Dynamic Avlease Inc as the registrant in Bridgewater, Virginia. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 4, 2019 and expires on March 31, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a multi-engine piston, four Wright R3350 series engines and 63 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated March 17, 2016.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N8610. 3 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1969-11-28 Accident · Newark,Nj, 30 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 1 0054
Reported aircraft: Douglas DC-8 — a different aircraft that carried the N8610 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: TED SAFELY.
1967-08-25 Accident · N.Atlantic Ocean, 93 Damage: Minor NTSB · 1 0049
Reported aircraft: Douglas DC-8 — a different aircraft that carried the N8610 registration before this airframe.
1965-07-12 Incident · Jamaica Ny, 32 Damage: Minor NTSB · 4 0025
Reported aircraft: Douglas DC-8 — a different aircraft that carried the N8610 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: RACKS SUSPECT CASING OUT OF SQUARE

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.