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N228AF

North American T-28A

N228AF is a North American T-28A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Carthage, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 7, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated October 17, 1980. 2 documents are on file: 2 × bill of sale (evidence of ownership).

Aircraft

Maker
North American
Model
T-28A
Serial number
49-1547
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Wright R-1300 SER · 700 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
208 mph
Transponder code
A1FEBF (octal 50377277)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 7, 2023
Expires
March 31, 2030
Last FAA action
March 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition · October 17, 1980
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00330862

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hester Richard H JR
Type
Individual
Address
235 Burle Rd
Carthage, NC 28327-7169

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 2

2026-09-15Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)
2026-09-15Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

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