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N985R

Grumman G-21A

N985R is a Grumman G-21A, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1951. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Collings Foundation INC DBA, a corporation in Hudson, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 12, 2019 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated June 1, 1954.

Aircraft

Maker
Grumman
Model
G-21A
Serial number
B-86
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 2 motors · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
Seats
8
Year built
1951
Cruising speed
150 mph
Transponder code
ADBF2E (octal 53337456)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 12, 2019
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · June 1, 1954
FAA region
New England
FAA record id
00980035

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Collings Foundation INC DBA
Type
Corporation
Address
568 Main St
Hudson, MA 01749-3027
Co-owners
American Heritage Museum

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