Single-engine piston

N96281

1976 North American Harvard II A

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1976
Serial
3832
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
1
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
American Airpower Heritage Fly Museu (Corporation)
Based
Dallas, TX
Registration record

N96281 on the FAA register

Type
1976 North American Harvard II A
Serial
3832
Engines
1
Registered owner
American Airpower Heritage Fly Museu
Dallas, TX
Certificate issued
1991-09-10
Airworthiness date
1988-11-03
Registration expires
2028-04-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
AD671E
Mode S (octal)
53263436
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).
  • 1991-09-10
    Certificate of registration issued as N96281.
  • 1988-11-03
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1976
    Manufactured (1976).
Overview

About N96281

N96281 is a 1976 North American Harvard II A, serial number 3832. The FAA register lists American Airpower Heritage Fly Museu as the registrant in Dallas, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 10, 1991 and expires on April 30, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated November 3, 1988.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N96281. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1978-03-07 Accident · Mesa,Az, 03 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 0466
Reported aircraft: N American AT-6A — a different aircraft that carried the N96281 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.