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N242SM

Douglas DC3

N242SM is a Douglas DC3, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1942. It has 32 seats. It is registered to City Of Santa Monica, a government body in Santa Monica, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 19, 2005 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated January 25, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Douglas
Model
DC3
Serial number
4877
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turboprop, 2 motors · P & W R-1830 SERIES · 1350 hp
Seats
32
Year built
1942
Cruising speed
174 mph
Transponder code
A23909 (octal 50434411)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 19, 2005
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
July 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · January 25, 1956
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00412255

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
City Of Santa Monica
Type
Government
Address
3223 Donald Douglas Loop S Ste 3
Santa Monica, CA 90405-3213
Co-owners
Santa Monica Municipal Airport

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