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N42RF

Lockheed WP-3D

Valid Florida

N42RF is a Lockheed WP-3D, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines. It has 21 seats. It is registered to United States Department Of Commerce, a government body in Lakeland, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 26, 1976 and expires on July 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Lockheed
Model
WP-3D
Serial number
5622
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turboprop, 4 motors
Seats
21
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
138 mph
Transponder code
A4FAC3 (octal 51175303)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 26, 1976
Expires
July 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 18, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00131654

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
United States Department Of Commerce
Type
Government
Address
3450 Flightline Dr
Lakeland, FL 33811-2836
Co-owners
Noaa Aircraft Operations Center / Aircraft Operations Center

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