N139D1939 Douglas DC3A
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- New Athens, IL
- Certificate issued
- Aug 15, 1984
- Expires
- Jan 31, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Jan 17, 1956
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Douglas
- Model
- DC3A
- Year
- 1939
- Serial number
- 2165
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 32
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- 20,000 and over lb
- Mode S code
- A09CEB
Engine
- Make and model
- P & W R-1830 Series
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 1350 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 1984 – nowIndividual ownerNew Athens, IL · current
- until 1970Co-ownersSt Louis, MO · different airframe: 1938 Douglas Dc3a S/N 2027
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 17, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (0)
No Service Difficulty Reports found for this airframe since 1995.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 17, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 17, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026