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N4543

North American F-51D

N4543 is a North American F-51D, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1944. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Altadena, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 27, 1967 and expires on April 30, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
North American
Model
F-51D
Serial number
44-74543
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Pkrd-Roll V1650 SERIES · 1490 hp
Seats
1
Year built
1944
Cruising speed
277 mph
Transponder code
A583B9 (octal 51301671)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 27, 1967
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
July 28, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00112884

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Vartanian Richard M
Type
Individual
Address
1567 E Altadena Dr
Altadena, CA 91001-1828

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