Aircraft N1048V Data

N1048V
1944 Grumman G-21A, c/n B-46
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Airframe Info
Manufacturer Grumman
Model G-21A Search all Grumman G-21A
Year built 1944
Construction Number (C/N) B-46
Aircraft Type Fixed wing multi engine
Number of Seats 8
Number of Engines 2
Engine Type Reciprocating
Engine Manufacturer and Model Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior
Also Registered As
37793 De-registered
Aircraft
Registration Number N1048V
Mode S (ICAO24) Code A01714
Certification Issued 2000-05-10
Last Action Taken 2006-05-16
Current Status Valid
Owner
Registration Type Corporation
Owner Aero Accessories Inc
Address Gibsonville, NC 27249
United States
Region Eastern
User contributed data
Serial Number (c/n) B-46 (by Dave Marion on 2012-07-19 14:12:20)
User Comments
Dave M., 2012-07-19 14:18:50
The "current" registration to Aero Accessories Inc. in Gibsonville, NC is not really still valid. They bought it from Dean Franklin in Miami as a stripped out and disassembled hulk in 2000. By late 2005, the fuselage had been sold to Sam Damico in Pittsford, NY to use to try to rebuild N327 (c/n 1051) which had crashed and burned in Feb. 2005.

Contrary to its last FAA registration, "37793" is its former US Navy Bureau of Aeronautics serial number and as such not valid for civilian registration; the correct Grumman msn or c/n for this particular aircraft is B-46.

It may have once had a "current" airworthiness certificate with an "issued" date of 1973, but ALL Grumman G-21 series aircraft were built ONLY from 1937 until 1945. I see people making that mistake all the time - i.e. confusing the date on the A/W cert. with the actual Mfd. date.