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N869NA

Mcdonnell Douglas FA-18B

N869NA is a Mcdonnell Douglas FA-18B, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbojet engines. It has 2 seats. It is registered to NASA Neil A Armstrong Flight Research Center, a government body in Edwards, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 18, 2019 and expires on June 30, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Mcdonnell Douglas
Model
FA-18B
Serial number
161733
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turbojet, 2 motors
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
ABF173 (octal 52770563)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 18, 2019
Expires
June 30, 2029
Last FAA action
August 11, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01294171

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
NASA Neil A Armstrong Flight Research Center
Type
Government
Address
Attn James E Coleman III
PO Box 273 M/S 1732
Edwards, CA 93523

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