Twin turboprop

N988J

1942 Lockheed P-38J

Registered No accidents on file

Built

1942

Serial

42-103988

Class

Twin turboprop

Engines

2 × Allison V1710 series

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registered owner

Wartime History Museum Inc (Corporation)

Based

Tacoma, WA

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Registration record

N988J on the FAA register

Type

1942 Lockheed P-38J

Serial

42-103988

Engines

2 × Allison V1710 series

Registered owner

Wartime History Museum Inc

Tacoma, WA

Certificate issued

2024-12-11

Airworthiness date

2025-03-31

Registration expires

2031-12-31

Airworthiness class

Experimental · exhibition

Mode S (hex)

ADC9A4

Mode S (octal)

53344644

Seats (type)

Weight class

12,500–19,999 lb

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registry history

Timeline

2031-12-31
Registration expires (renewal due).
2025-03-31
Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
2024-12-11
Certificate of registration issued as N988J.
1942
Manufactured (1942).

Overview

About N988J

N988J is a 1942 Lockheed P-38J, serial number 42-103988. The FAA register lists Wartime History Museum Inc as the registrant in Tacoma, Washington. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 11, 2024 and expires on December 31, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a twin turboprop, two Allison V1710 series engines and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated March 31, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N988J.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N988J.

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.