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N218SF

North American T-28B

Valid Illinois

N218SF is a North American T-28B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1955. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Antioch, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 20, 2016 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated August 14, 1998.

Aircraft

Maker
North American
Model
T-28B
Serial number
138280
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Wright R-1820 SER · 1475 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1955
Cruising speed
208 mph
Transponder code
A1D8D0 (octal 50354320)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 20, 2016
Expires
October 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 9, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition · August 14, 1998
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00830295

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Pelland John J
Type
Individual
Address
24720 W North Ave
Antioch, IL 60002-8951

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data