Single-engine piston

N8TF

1948 Grumman F8F

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1948
Serial
122637
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
P & W R-2800 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Comanche Warbirds Inc (Corporation)
Based
Houston, TX
Registration record

N8TF on the FAA register

Type
1948 Grumman F8F (FAA: Grumman F8F-2)
Serial
122637
Engines
P & W R-2800 series
Registered owner
Comanche Warbirds Inc
Houston, TX
Certificate issued
2012-04-20
Airworthiness date
1980-07-27
Registration expires
2028-04-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
AADEDA
Mode S (octal)
52557332
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2012-04-20
    Certificate of registration issued as N8TF to the current registrant.
  • 2006-03-24
    N8TF previously assigned to a Homebuilt SA 300 (s/n 85); cancelled.
  • 1980-07-27
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1948
    Manufactured (1948).
Overview

About N8TF

N8TF is a 1948 Grumman F8F (FAA model F8F-2), serial number 122637. The FAA register lists Comanche Warbirds Inc as the registrant in Houston, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 20, 2012 and expires on April 30, 2028.

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 July 27, 1980.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N8TF.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N8TF.

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.